Huesca.- The subdelegate of the Government in Huesca, José Carlos Campo, held a meeting this Friday with the Chief Commissioner of the National Police Station in Huesca, Fernando Ascaso, and with the Lieutenant Colonel Chief of the Civil Guard Command in Huesca, Luis Enrique Cordobés, to study the crime balance for the first half of the year. This meeting is the first of which the three subdelegates in Aragón, and the government delegate in Aragón, Fernando Beltrán, will celebrate over the next few days to promote specific prevention measures for the crimes that have experienced a greater increase in the Autonomous Community.
The crime balance in Aragon for the period January-June, published by the Ministry of the Interior, shows an increase of 8.8% compared to the same period last year. This is an increase where the punctual rise in homicides and murders (from 1 in 2025 to 6 in 2026) and cybercrime has influenced, but which is also marked by a greater prevalence of crimes such as those committed against sexual freedom and robberies with violence. One more quarter, the balance sheet certifies the increase in security in the countryside, with a 19% decrease in agricultural subtractions.
During this same period, the rate of clarification has improved to be the highest in the last decade. In addition, since July there has been a historical increase in the police force available, with a particularly significant incorporation into the Civil Guard, with 466 new agents in Aragón.
The Government Delegation in Aragon and the subdelegations are starting today a round of work with the Security Forces and Corps to thoroughly evaluate these statistical data and adopt concrete measures. Subsequently, this process will be transferred to the successive local security boards, where the specific problems of each municipality will be addressed with their security managers and their local police.
At the first of these meetings, in Huesca, the subdelegate and the police leaders have agreed to advance the preventive measures that are already in place to address gender violence and cybercrime, as well as educational measures through the Master Plan. José Carlos Campo stressed that “both the National Police and the Civil Guard are responding to all the serious events that occur in our province, but we have to work to advance from a social and educational level, especially in those crimes related to the violation of basic values of coexistence, such as gender equality or the peaceful resolution of conflicts”.