According to the report issued by the Ministry of the Interior for the first 6 months of 2016, La Línea de la Concepción is one of the ten cities of Spain which has experienced the greatest fall in its crime rate.
The route the fleet will take for the 13th edition in 2017-18 will, at nearly 45,000 nautical miles, be the longest course ever in the 43-year history of the race