Living in Vicálvaro
District of Madrid · 34.83 km²
Little sky or green
Is Vicálvaro a good place to live? It's mixed: its typical street scores 60, 18th of 21 areas in Madrid, held back by little sky or green. 29% of its streets are on loud roads and 11% need a car.
Daily life on foot (typical street)
Shop 3 min 
Café or bar 3 min 
Pharmacy 4 min 
School 4 min 
Tram or bus stop 3 min What's here
148 cafés, bars and restaurants · 84 shops · 35 pharmacies · 50 schools · 152 stops
The six parts
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Safety
An estimate from 2 sources. Each note below says where it comes from and how far to trust it.
Our estimate from traffic speed, crossings, street lighting and how many places are open nearby. It is not about crime. (median of the district's streets.)
Police-recorded crime for the whole region, compared with the European median. Says nothing about this district in particular. (Madrid: 1,014 assaults, robberies, burglaries and thefts per 100,000 people in 2024, 0.8× the European regional median.)
Not part of the score above, and it doesn't change the map colours. Some sources can be unreliable.
Not available here yet: Reddit, City survey (Numbeo).
Best streets to live on in Vicálvaro
Plaza de Juan Benet (78), Calle del Péndulo (76), Calle del Pergamino (75)