Ramble along Las Ramblas in Barcelona and there is good chance pickpockets will be lurking.
Barcelona is the world’s pick pocketing hotspot, according TripAdvisor, with Italian capital Rome taking out second place.
Paris took third place and Madrid fourth on the “Global Pickpocket Top Ten,” which TripAdvisor compiled by looking at the number of times travelers used the term “pickpocket” (and translations of) in their TripAdvisor reviews over the last 12 months.
The top ten was dominated by European destinations, with Spanish cities or resorts accounting for four entries.
The Costa Brava and Tenerife are new entries to the list, as are Lisbon and London.
The good news, perhaps, is that visitors to Florence, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam and Hanoi can feel a little more at ease – all four cities dropped out of the top ten after appearing last year.
Global Pickpocket Top Ten (2009 place in brackets)
Compiled by TripAdvisor


1, Barcelona (1) 
2, Rome (2) 
3, Paris (5) 
4, Madrid (4) 
5, Athens, (9)
 6, Prague (3 )
7, Costa Brava (Alicante Province)
 8, Lisbon, 9, Tenerife 10, London.
