This is a simple warning!

If you come to Ibiza and you rent a house be extra extra vigilant or you will be robbed, ransacked and trashed! Non Spanish people living in or renting property are targeted. We had been here many years on holiday and saw no crime. We came to live here in Sept 2007 and again, in the hotel - no problem - we rented an apartment in a block with security - no problem. In January we moved to a rented house in the country near San Carlos de Peralta - then on May 6th 2008 we were burgled by a tidy robber who carefully selected my wifes irreplaceable little bits of Jewellery and my watch because I left a door unlocked by mistake. Insurance will not replace the items as far as we are concerned ... you cant replace memories. So, you cant be struck by lightening twice we thought. So, after barricading the house like a fortress we took some relatives to the airport on Friday June 13th and 2 hours later returned home to find that we had been burgled with a vengeance - trashed and ALL our remaining jewellery, cameras, watches, lighters, "store cards" - no use to any one - were gone. they ripped off a louvred screen at a bedroom window and forced the sliding double glazed panel open - the Guardia Civil - pathetically useless, did not even attempt to question neighbours for evidence of a sighting at the house in the 2 hours we were away - shrugged and walked off claiming we "must have left the window open" - they seemed bemused by the obvious forced entry marks on the frame. In fact they proved the window could not be forced from the inside (?) and then were so surprised when we pointed out that you could force it open from the OUTSIDE! - As I say BE AWARE this is NOT a nice crime free place it is rife with Latin American illegals, East Europeans and the inevitable desperate addicts looking to fund their next fix. We have been told that we are considered wealthy simply because we are not Spanish... Laughable given that here the local people are probably wealthier than your average UK counterpart. Black money, tax avoidance, illegal property rentals all contribute to a culture of greed . A sad end for a life we had planned to make for ourselves here.

So sorry to hear of your troubles pal. Ibiza is not crime free (nowhere is!) yet many crimes go unreported leading the local councils to believe that there is no need to improve policing. Until everyone reports every crime things are not likely to improve.

Ouch!

That's not so good.
I did have the misfortune of actually catching & confronting a 'burglar' in my hotel room back in 1997, back before most hotels installed air-con as standard.
Though I had left the balcony door open which didn't help matters.

We're moving to Ibiza for the full summer next year.
It seems picking a quiet, tranquil location is not the way to go.

I've spoken to a lot of residents on the island & the general advice seems to be not to spend too much on your car, as it is common practice for the nicer looking cars to be followed back to their residence.

The general consensus is not to make it easy for them, as with any burglary, once they've been once, they'll more than likely come back again.