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 803 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 | Moderate |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 2.2/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 2.1/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.9/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 2.3/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Italy?
Bergamo
Actually Bergamo is a really safe place because they are government rules are so strict and if you know you know the new rule is that if if someone is a woman murderer it means that he’s going to get jail for life so the rules are so attracted and as a woman with this new rule, I feel safe than before
Posted: August 12, 2025
Chiara
Palermo
It’s a safe place for women and solo travelers. Maybe don’t go dark at night into isolated areas, but in general it’s a safe place and all the main places have good light. Local people is very welcoming.
Posted: August 12, 2025Bergolo
Its a small village with old people its calm there is nearly no people live here so I would say its very safe its a summer house of most ppl so in winters its less than 20 ppl or population here very much safe
Posted: August 12, 2025
Giulia
Florence
Not safe as before Covid! Please be careful with public transportation at night, try to share a taxi instead. I suggest you to avoid the train station zone (Santa Maria Novella) and Via Nazionale with Piazza Indipendenza. Try to be on Lungarni, instead
Posted: August 11, 2025Italy
In Italy you will have to be careful, especially in big cities. Be super careful about robbing or harassment on the public transport. Verbal harassment is the most frequent but you will want to be careful about the physical one when the place is packed. Overall is moderately safe, but it doesn't hurt to be careful. :)
Posted: August 10, 2025Bologna
Bologna is a welcoming and friendly city, you can talk to everyone and even make bonding conversations and experiences! You should be cautious in the area next to the train and bus station and trust your intuition in your visit The most turistic areas are still very safe and if you are in danger you can ask for help to everyone around Anyway it's my second year in Bologna and nothing bad ever happened to me or my friends besides being catcalled which is pretty common in Italy
Posted: August 9, 2025Is Italy worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 555 experiences from female travelers
Turin, Group travel
I went to Turin with my sister for two days, we came by BlaBlaCar (carpooling) and came back by night bus (be careful, the buses station for night are NOT at the train station, we nearly missed our bus because we made the mistake, we had to run for our lives to get to the correct location, we ran for 15 minutes to get there cause buses late at night are not punctual so we could not get a bus to get to our night bus) We slept at a kind of hotel with shared bathroom, it was quite safe and well made, we booked it on booking.com, it was the cheapest we could find that suited us (50€ for two persons for one night). We went to bars and a techno club, people talked to us on the streets but without making us feel unsafe (some dude offered some weed but he wasn't violent or anything when we declined, and he wished us a good night X)) During the day, we had time to visit - the basilic - the palace - a parc And to see many other things from the outside. We wanted to do the Egypt museum but it was too expensive for us (30€) so we didn't. You can travel by foot very easily, we had time to do a lot. We also took the tram (quite old) and the bus a few times. We didn't find anywhere to take the tickets so we didn't have any but we were never asked for tickets (I would recommend to find tickets before you need them if you plan on staying longer than a day or two XD) Turin was overall an amazing experience 😁😁😁
Posted: August 12, 2025Experienced: January, 2025
Pia
Spain
Rome, Solo travel
It is a highly recommended city, there is so much to see, museums, parks, monuments. The food scene is also very enjoyable and the people are charming. I will definitely visit again, I still have places to see.
Posted: August 11, 2025Safety in Italy
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