City Travel Stats

Genoa

Italy · Europe

88Safety 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
44.41°, 8.95°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Genoa scores 88 out of 100 in our index, above the midpoint of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 0.2 per 100,000, roughly a tenth of the median for the cities we track, though it covers the wider metro area and we calculated it from a count and a population, so treat it as an upper bound. Recorded robbery is 65.3 per 100,000, also a metro figure and drawn from police reports, which understate how often it actually happens. The four governments we track differ: the US and Canada put Italy at increased caution, while the UK and Australia keep it at their lowest level. Each advisory covering the country flags pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a national survey, 76% of residents said they feel safe walking alone after dark, a figure for the whole country rather than Genoa itself.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime0
Robbery & theft12
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)
0.2/100k
Figure is for Genova (metro area), wider than Genoa itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 2 (count, 2024) ÷ 817628 population (ISTAT — Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (provincia di Genova), 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 98% of tracked cities
0.2/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
65.3/100k
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 Genova (metro area), wider than Genoa itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 534 (count, 2024) ÷ 817628 population (ISTAT — Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (provincia di Genova), 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 52% of tracked cities
65.3/100k
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
National survey
76%feel safe
76% of people surveyed · Italy · 2023
Survey figure is for Italy (country), wider than Genoa itself.

Primary source: UN SDG 16.1.4 — feel safe walking alone at night (UNODC)

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 Genoa 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)