Public safety, crime statistics, and security in Portugal.
ANEPC warns of flooding, landslides and falling trees as depression Bruna brings rain and wind to the mainland from Sunday. Eight districts are on yellow for heavy rain, and IPMA expects up to 200 mm in the northern highlands by Friday 13 November.
New Commission guidelines published on 3 November ask EU governments to help households meet their own needs for the first three days of a crisis. Here is what goes in a supply, and what Portugal's civil protection authority already advises.
Portugal's consumer authority has issued a recall notice for the Hamax Buddy child bike seat sold by Decathlon from January 2022 to August 2026. A fabric label on the harness strap can come loose. Which seats are affected and what to do.
A magnitude 5.2 quake 40 km off São Miguel's west coast was felt across the island at 18:07 on Tuesday, followed by a 3.4 and more than a dozen smaller tremors overnight. IPMA reports no injuries or damage.
The Judicial Police have arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of persuading at least 12 girls he met on social networks to send sexual images, then threatening to spread them. What APAV advises parents to do, and the free lines that take reports.
The figure, up from 42,873 in 2024, comes from the GNR's Senior Census, whose 2026 round runs until 15 November. Where isolation is concentrated, what officers do with the register, and the free lines to call if you are worried about an older person.
The GNR registered 193 scams by people posing as police or inspectors between January 2024 and May 2026, 48 of them this year. Most callers claimed to be from the ASAE or the PJ, and many faked the real number of a police station. Here are the three scripts, the GNR's advice and how to report.
