Alarm systems in Barcelona

We protect your home in Barcelona even when you're away

If you live in Barcelona but your life doesn't stop at the city limits — a job that sends you to London or Berlin twice a month, family back home you visit for weeks at a time, a flat in the Eixample that sits empty while you work from Lisbon for the winter — you already know the uneasy feeling of turning the key and not knowing what happens behind the door once you've gone. That is the problem Segurma has been solving for more than 40 years: a Barcelona home that is looked after around the clock, whether you're on the sofa or on another continent.

It works like this. Detectors with built-in cameras cover the rooms that matter. The moment one of them picks up movement while the system is armed, our own Alarm Receiving Centre — staffed by Segurma operators 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, not an outsourced call centre — looks at the images and listens in through the audio. If it's a genuine intrusion, the operator sends a verified alert straight to the Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalonia's own police force, and rings you at the same time. If it's the cleaner arriving early or the neighbour's cat on the balcony, you hear that too. Either way you know within seconds, on your phone, wherever you happen to be.

Why international residents in Barcelona choose Segurma

• Police-connected verified response: because every alarm is checked with video and audio before it is escalated, the Mossos treat our alerts as real incidents rather than another false alarm.
• Our own 24/7 Alarm Receiving Centre: the people who answer when your alarm triggers are Segurma staff, trained on our own systems, working every hour of every day of the year.
• Everything in the app: arm and disarm from abroad, see live images from the detectors, get a notification the second something happens, and check that the system is set before you board a flight.
• Support in English: from the first call to the technician's visit and the day-to-day questions afterwards, you won't have to wade through Spanish paperwork or technical jargon on your own.
• Free installation by our own technicians: we come to your flat in Gràcia or your house in Sant Cugat, fit the system, show you how it works and leave it running. There's no charge for the visit.
• Licensed and accountable: Segurma is a security company authorised by the Spanish Directorate-General of Police under registration number 3082, with more than 55,000 homes and businesses protected and an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 from over 3,000 reviews.

The Barcelona reality: empty flats and busy summers

Barcelona's international community is enormous, and it moves. Tech workers in Poblenou's 22@ district, consultants who commute to Madrid and Paris, academics on a two-year contract, retired couples who spend half the year here and half the year at home. That mobility is exactly what makes Barcelona flats such a tempting target. Break-ins tend to climb in July and August, when whole staircases in the Eixample and Gràcia empty out and it becomes obvious which flats have had nobody in them for a fortnight. A pile of post, blinds that never move, no lights in the evening: burglars read those signs as well as any neighbour does. A Segurma alarm doesn't only react once someone is inside. The sign on the door and the detectors on the windows are usually enough to move them on to the next building.

What we install in Barcelona

Every home is different, so we start with a free security survey rather than a one-size-fits-all kit. Depending on your property, that might mean:

• Alarms for flats and apartments, from a studio in the Barceloneta to a main-floor flat on Passeig de Gràcia
• Alarms for houses and villas in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Pedralbes and the metropolitan area
• Alarms for second homes that stand empty for months at a time
• Anti-squatter alarms for flats between tenants or waiting to be sold
• Alarms for businesses, shops and offices anywhere in Barcelona
• Security cameras with two-way audio, so you can see and speak to whoever is in your home

Talk to us in English, today

Call 911 877 095, message us on WhatsApp or leave your number in the form above. A Segurma adviser will call you back, in English if you prefer, and arrange a free, no-obligation security survey of your home in Barcelona. If you're abroad right now, we can have the first conversation remotely and book the installation for when you're back.