City Travel Stats

Bologna

Italy · Europe

82Safety indexLower concern
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
44.49°, 11.34°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Bologna scores 82 out of 100 in our composite index, placing it above just over half of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 0.7 per 100,000, about 0.4 times the median for the cities we track, though that figure covers the wider metro area and was calculated by us from a count and a population. Recorded robbery is 107.1 per 100,000, again a metro figure and derived the same way. Police data counts only reported incidents, so treat it as a floor. On advisories the four governments split: the US and Canada put Italy at their second level, increased caution, while the UK and Australia hold it at their lowest. In a city survey, 51.6% of residents said they feel safe walking alone at night, a lower share than the recorded-crime picture alone might suggest. Advisories covering Italy also flag pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime1
Robbery & theft19
Travel advisory33
The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)
0.7/100k
Figure is for Bologna (metro area), wider than Bologna itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 7 (count, 2024) ÷ 1017536 population (ISTAT — Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (provincia di Bologna), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: ISTAT — Delitti denunciati dalle forze di polizia all’autorità giudiziaria

Where this sits on the scaleLow
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 79% of tracked cities
0.7/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
107.1/100k
Police-recorded crimes reported to the judicial authority (denunce) — undercounts true incidence, especially for robbery. Read as recorded crime, not total crime.
Figure is for Bologna (metro area), wider than Bologna itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 1090 (count, 2024) ÷ 1017536 population (ISTAT — Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (provincia di Bologna), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: ISTAT — Delitti denunciati dalle forze di polizia all’autorità giudiziaria

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 37% of tracked cities
107.1/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Italy Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Italy Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Italy travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Italy travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.
Feel safe walking alone at night
City survey
51.6%feel safe
Italy average · 48.8%
51.6% of people surveyed · Bologna · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (13.8%) + "somewhat agree" (37.8%); both are shares of the same respondents (base includes "don't know").

Primary source: Eurostat — Quality of Life in European Cities (Flash Eurobarometer, DG REGIO)

Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area
National survey
6.4%report a problem
6.4% of people surveyed · Italy · 2023
Survey figure is for Italy (country), wider than Bologna itself.

Primary source: Eurostat — Crime, violence or vandalism in the area (EU-SILC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.
Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories
3 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Italy travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories
1 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 1 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Italy travel advice (Safety and security)