Is Como safe for solo female travelers?

Como, generally presents a safe environment for solo female travelers. Like many tourist cities, it has a well-established safety infrastructure for visitors. The crime rate is relatively low, and locals are typically friendly and helpful. However, it's still important to exercise caution, particularly during the night and in less crowded areas, as in any city around the world. Common sense precautions, such as not displaying expensive belongings or wandering into isolated areas, should be followed.

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How safe is Como for female travelers?

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I went to Como last month. If i can be honest in the Summer season was a lot of people. At the place was a Little bit expensive but i love our gelato and pastas! I really can recommanded the city of the Lake Como like Varenna, Mennagio, Bellagio. This is amazing place like a film

Posted: August 9, 2025
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Mari

Mari

Austria

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como is a city i did not enjoy, except for the smell of the lake, the view with the lake and the mountains (but the barrier right in frint of the lake was like in the way of, well ... everything) and the gelato i have tried because my friend i met in my hostelroom in verona two days before (we then traveled together for three days because we had the same route for those days what was kinda awesome). that was all i enjoyed there. como is a dead city that is just only still in buisness because of buisness. and i mean what i say. when i layed down to rest a little on a middlehigh stonewall under a roofspace right next to the church downtown, i said to my friend "this place sucks" she asked me why. some of was i said was "because this place is just for aome rich people, and tourists, the people working here are probably mostly not even living here, here is no real live, this city just still excists for making money." so... the only reason i would go to como again is for taking the bus there to one of the more welcoming and livebreathing villages along the como lake. just noticing because the app asked me for pictures: i didnt even take many... AND I LOVE TAKING PICTURES!!! will also put in some if my pictures from my time in menaggio, one village more up north the como lake.

Posted: August 28, 2023Experienced: July, 2023
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How safe is Como for women?

Local safety index

3.9 /5

Based on 8 local experiences

Local crime index

1.8 /5

Based on 8 local experiences

Yaiza

Yaiza

Quite safe. I run alone at nights and never felt fear. I work as remote and I left my purse, computer, phones, iPad in the table to go to the toilet and never happened nothing. Full of military and police. Any new about bad or dangerous situations. Try to avoid the bad neighbours but touristic and center place always safe.

Posted: August 21, 2025
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Pretty safe, not much happening most of the time. I never experienced any kind of crime in the city, aside from home robbery which may occur at times, especially in nearby towns. Harassment is rare, though Italian "cheekiness" can easily be mistaken for rudeness, especially if you don't speak the language

Posted: March 17, 2025
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Como is a nice city near lake, a little bit boring in winter but in summer is full of people from all over the world! You can grab a beer, make aperitivo in a one of ours cuties bars or take an ice cream and eat it doing a walk!

Posted: January 20, 2025
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The city center is quite safe (but be careful to pickpockets!), the surroundings are less safe. Robberies are becoming more common. I’d avoid going out after dark as a woman because I don’t feel particularly safe

Posted: January 18, 2025
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Como is mostly a safe city I would say , especially during the day . I don’t feel very safe going out at night , but just for my own personal reason , I prefer to visit the city during the day , however fortunately I have never had particularly negative experiences .

Posted: January 5, 2025
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