Is Milan safe for solo female travelers?

Milan is generally safe for solo female travelers. It's a bustling, cosmopolitan city with an efficient public transportation system. Street crime such as pickpocketing can occur, particularly in tourist-heavy locations or on public transportation, but violent crime is relatively rare. As a female traveler, it's advisable to take standard precautions such as avoiding walking alone late at night in less crowded areas, and being aware of your surroundings at all times.

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How safe is Milan for female travelers?

Travel safety index

3.9 /5

based on 70 experiences from female travelers

Group travel

Before visiting, I'd read that Milan was not the highlight of most people's Italy trips, but my friend and I loved it. Getting around using the metro was easy, and we saw quite a lot in a couple days while working through jet lag. We took care in selecting restaurants and ended up with great food, including a visit to Bar Luce. Went vintage/resale shopping, saw an opera, visited the cathedral, went to Sforza castle museum, and some small painted churches we happened upon. We stayed near Milano Centrale station for easy arrival/departure by train, and easy access to the metro. It was a lot of fun!

Posted: October 8, 2025Experienced: February, 2025
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Solo travel

I visited Italy’s treasures Rome’s ancient ruins, Venice’s canals, Sicily’s charm, Milan’s fashion, and Lake Como’s beauty. Each city felt unique, making the trip truly unforgettable.i felt safe the people were so nice I’m definitely going back

Posted: August 23, 2025
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Family travel

I kind of felt safe, because I also knew that people pick pocket in Italy a lot. I recommend going to see the old mall, it’s very beautiful but pricey shops. I also recommend going to the train Station, because outside there is a fun competition of rollerskating. Transportations was kind of hard, I recommend getting an uber if you are far away from your hotel/Airbnb. Otherwise it was a great place to visit I totally recommend visiting Milano, Italia. You can also find lots more fun stuff to do there.

Posted: July 31, 2025
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Ksenia

Ksenia

Lithuania

Group travel

A very beautiful city, with an atmosphere of something ancient, mysterious, very beautiful ancient architecture, there is a lot to see, very tasty food but quite expensive, although there are also cheap cafes,there are 24-hour shops, they have very tasty cookies, sandwiches and tea haha, in general it is an ideal place for those who love old architecture and museums!

Posted: July 16, 2025Experienced: April, 2025
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Solo travel

It was first time travelling alone, i came here in the morning. While walking i find out that there going Prada fashion show. I went to Duomo, Galleria, Park and so on. A lot of time i spent for researching the history of places.

Posted: July 15, 2025
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How safe is Milan for women?

Local safety index

3.1 /5

Based on 106 local experiences

Local crime index

3 /5

Based on 106 local experiences

It's overall safe, avoid travelling to Centrale, Shady public parks, Lumpungnano, San Siro side after 8pm. For robbery, they are really clever, will snatch your purse in Lumpungnano and run away or they might sneak in a bar, pick your bags and leave.

Posted: October 9, 2025
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Serena

Serena

Some places are not safe in the night , for examples stazione centrale and via Padova . In general the tube and bus are safe but in the night it’s better taxi or car sharing. Some district are safe in the night , porta romana for example

Posted: October 7, 2025
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Minni

Minni

Despite what's been televised as part of propaganda for upcoming elections, Milan isn't any less safer than a big city. Of course the neighborhood where you live will impact the evaluation, but I've been here for 10y and I've seen it getting increasingly safe

Posted: October 3, 2025
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Milan can be as safe as dangerous, in the centre of the city the criminality's level is not that high. On public transport, in some places, you need to pay attention. In general I think you can come here in safety

Posted: September 22, 2025
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Chiara

Chiara

In the last years it’s not so safe, be careful girls going around alone and keep always your bags closed. At night use taxi don’t use public transport at night it’s very dangerous and stay in the central parts of the city.

Posted: September 15, 2025
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