City Travel Stats

Rome

Italy · Europe

85Safety 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
41.90°, 12.50°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Rome scores 85 out of 100 in our composite index, a bit above the middle of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 0.5 per 100,000, well under the median we track, though it is a metro-area figure we calculated from a count and a population. Robbery is recorded at 81 per 100,000, also metro and derived, and because it comes from police records it undercounts the real total. The governments we track split on framing: the US and Canada set Italy at their second advisory level, increased caution, while the UK and Australia keep it at their lowest. Advisories for the country flag pickpocketing and scams aimed at tourists. A city survey put the share of residents who feel safe walking alone at night at 36.8%, notably lower than the recorded crime alone would suggest.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime1
Robbery & theft15
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)
0.5/100k
Figure is for Roma (metro area), wider than Rome itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 21 (count, 2024) ÷ 4225409 population (ISTAT — Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (provincia di Roma), 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 89% of tracked cities
0.5/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
81/100k
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 Roma (metro area), wider than Rome itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 3422 (count, 2024) ÷ 4225409 population (ISTAT — Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (provincia di Roma), 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 45% of tracked cities
81/100k
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
36.8%feel safe
Italy average · 48.8%
36.8% of people surveyed · Rome · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (7.2%) + "somewhat agree" (29.6%); 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 Rome 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)