Milan, Rome and Florence, in that order, are the least safe Italian cities amid a rise in crime, according to an annual crime report from business daily I’l Sole 24 Ore’ out Monday.
No cities from Southern Italy are in the top ten. (Photo: ANSA)
The top ten is dominated by tourist cities with Rimini fourth, Turin fifth, Bologna sixth, Prato seventh, Imperia eighth and Livorno 10th.
Naples, 12th, drops out of the top ten while Venice enters at tenth.
Crime reports at a national level have risen for the first time since 2013 with a 3.8 per cent rise last year compared to 2022.
Homicides, assaults, grievous bodily harm and robberies are leading the rise, according to the 2024 Criminality Index of the paper.
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