Is Italy Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Italy
Safety rating
Women living in Italy consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 3.8 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Italy consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2.4 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 6.1% percentage of women in Italy have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
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Crime & Safety Statistics
Based on 651 experiences
Safety rating: | 3.8/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.3/5 | Moderate |
Safety using public transport: | 3.9/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2.4/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2.5/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 2.1/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 2.1/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 2.2/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Italy?
Milan
I’ve been living in Milan for several years, and overall I would say it’s quite safe for women. However, it’s a big, busy city with lots of people, so I always recommend staying aware of your surroundings, especially when walking alone at night. Personally, I’ve never experienced any serious issues, but street harassment (catcalling) happens quite often.
Posted: April 26, 2025Venice
In my opinion it's considerably safe, especially the island. Even at night I don't feel uncomfortable walking home late and alone. Fortunately, I haven't experienced anything worse than catcalling. 🩷🩷
Posted: April 25, 2025Verona
Verona is a historic city, it's safe if you go in the city center, but there are for sure some bad zone where is not the best to go alone out of the city. Overall is not that bad, but you must be carefull
Posted: April 24, 2025Rome
It depends on which areas you are visiting. I live near Roma Tiburtina, which is mostly inhabitated by people who live in the city and not turists so the crime is the same rate as any big city (the bigger the city the higher the rate i think). The closer you are to very turistics areas, the higher the change of being robbed. I would suggest not going near any of the big stations at night or when the sun sets, especially not Roma Termini (if you can avoid it altoghether i highly suggest it).
Posted: April 24, 2025
Alessia
Parma
Parma is quite a safe city, apart from the baby-gangs (groups of young boys) that usually attack people of their same age (teenagers), surrounding them and robbing their money or their mobile (but also their branded clothes).
Posted: April 24, 2025Reggio nell'Emilia
Reggio Emilia Is a fairly safe city and i have never had serious accidents. There are a couple areas where more caution is recommended because of reported mugging episodes and baby gang problems, but they are in the outskirts of the city or the area of the train station, and the municipal administration is working on them
Posted: April 24, 2025
Ylenia
Varese
You need to be aware of the surroundings. I usually don't walk alone during dark hours, but if i need to, i park my car close to the city centre and stay on the main roads, where other people are present.
Posted: April 23, 2025Naples
I lived in Naples for at least 5 years; if you're in the company of men, nothing should happen, but if you're with women, you need to be a little cautious when going out at night. During the day, it's not dangerous; you just need to be careful when going to more populated or otherwise famous areas, because of pickpockets who might put their hands in your jacket pockets or backpacks. I always recommend not being alone; if you're alone during the day, nothing happens, but in the evening, you have to be very careful.
Posted: April 23, 2025
Luce
Milan
Milan is a beautiful city but I don't think it's very safe especially for girls in the evening/night. It depends a lot on the areas of Milan you're in, some areas like the city centre are pretty safe but others are not safe at all. I feel safe during the day mostly everywhere in the citycentre but at night I don't feel safe walking or taking public transports alone.
Posted: April 21, 2025
Eleonora
Italy
i was robbed once. someone stole my new phone in subway. i also got a lot of unwanted male attention here in italy. anyway, it was always some cringy attempts to flirt. thankfully, nothing more. either way, i recommend to be careful and if possible avoid men. i can’t say which type of men is better to avoid. they all are strange
Posted: April 20, 2025Is Italy worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 472 experiences from female travelers
Daniela
Portugal
Italy, Family travel
i was sailing with my family in italy in 2020 and stayed in a mill in a tahl. it was beautiful and the weather was warm every day in summer. the food there was very very good and not too expensive. the nature there is very impressive and untouched in many places!
Posted: April 23, 2025
Alessia
Italy
Pisa, Solo travel
Went to Pisa to see a long distance friend of mine, i had already been there with my family when i was younger, i remember the main place (where the leaning tower is) was really busy with tourists and the bars near there were expensive, but if you stay for the night and go to the city center (10 min walk from the tower) you will find lots of shops, ice cream bars, etc. There are many many university students from all over italy and they usually all meet up in these bars. I felt safe with my friends both during the day and night, some creepy drunk men at very late night but just dont go near them… overall tho a very beautiful city!!
Posted: April 23, 2025Meet locals in Italy
Letizia
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Hi! I'm Letizia but everyone calls me Leti or Yeti (yeah, like the creature). I was studying Astronomy at the University of Bologna but I'm currently doing a gap year, which i am spending working as a kindergarten teacher, a math teacher in a middle school and a puppeteer for a theater company in Milan. I'm also a scout leader: scouts have had a crucial role in my life, giving me motivation to always improve myself, teaching me cooperation and making me fall in love with nature, hiking and adventure. I am also practicing kung fu (traditional and modern wushu) to become an instructor next year. Well, in general i live by the motto "jack of all trades but master of nothing", let's see where this will bring me!
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Anna
About Me
I’m Anna, I was born in Milan (Italy) and lived here all my life. I was born in 2006 and in September 2025 I will be starting university in Utrecht (Netherlands). I love animals (I have 2 cats) and nature, I always enjoy netting new people and listen to their stories. The things I most enjoy talking about are literature and current events of the world, but really I can be interested in any deep conversation about any topic! I have also travelled all around the world on a sailing boat with my family, therefore I’be always felt really close to the sea, however, in recent years I’ve become even more fond of the mountains.
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