How safe is Italy?
Italy is among the safest markets covered — a 0.57 per 100,000 homicide rate in 2023 (ISTAT; 334 homicides), corroborated by the UNODC-derived 0.568 for the same year. US and Canadian advisories cite terrorism risk rather than ordinary crime; the UK issues no country-specific safety headline. ISTAT data shows the South modestly above the Centre-North.
2 of 2 regions earn a C or higher — Centre-North leads at 89.9; South (Mezzogiorno) drags the country average at 89.3.
Italy is among the safest markets covered — a 0.57 per 100,000 homicide rate in 2023 (ISTAT; 334 homicides), corroborated by the UNODC-derived 0.568 for the same year. US and Canadian advisories cite terrorism risk rather than ordinary crime; the UK issues no country-specific safety headline. ISTAT data shows the South modestly above the Centre-North.
Each bar = number of regions at that grade. Where you live in Italy matters more than the country average.
0.57 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023 (334 homicides), per ISTAT’s "Vittime di omicidio | Anno 2023" report; the UNODC-derived Our World in Data export gives 0.568 for the same year.
Exercise increased caution in Italy due to the risk of terrorist violence..
Exercise a high degree of caution in Italy due to the threat of terrorism..
No country-specific safety headline; standard preamble only.
What a D+ means here
ISTAT’s 0.57 per 100,000 homicide rate for 2023 and the UNODC-derived 0.568 corroborate each other, and the violent-crime baseline is very low. The US and Canadian advisories sit at their middle level but on a terrorism basis, not ordinary crime. ISTAT shows the South (Mezzogiorno 0.68) modestly above the Centre-North (0.53) for 2023.
The Safety Score does not average disagreement away. Where the homicide data and the advisories pull in different directions, the composite holds the tension and the editor’s note explains it — because the honest answer for Italy is that the neighbourhood you buy in matters more than the national grade.
Markets that score within range of Panama on the composite.
Fixed reference points so the grade is legible to a North-American reader.
One market read, one process explainer, one number to know.
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