Venice

Italy · Europe

89Safety indexLower concern

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

45.44°, 12.32°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Venice scores 89 out of 100 in our composite index, safer than about 62% of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 0.4 per 100,000, well under the median for the cities we track, though it covers the wider metro area and we derived it from a count and a population. Recorded robbery is 57.2 per 100,000, a police figure that undercounts the real total and also spans the metro area. The governments we track disagree on framing: the US and Canada place Italy at increased caution, while the UK and Australia keep it at their lowest level. Every advisory that covers the country names pickpocketing and scams directed at visitors, which is worth weighing in a heavily touristed city. In a national survey, 76% of residents said they feel safe walking alone at night.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime1

Robbery & theft10

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)

0.4/100k

Figure is for Venezia (metro area), wider than Venice itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 3 (count, 2024) ÷ 835405 population (ISTAT — Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (provincia di Venezia), 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 91% of tracked cities

0.4/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

57.2/100k

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 Venezia (metro area), wider than Venice itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 478 (count, 2024) ÷ 835405 population (ISTAT — Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (provincia di Venezia), 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 58% of tracked cities

57.2/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Italy travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (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 Venice 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 Venice 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)