
The 2025 data show a concentration of crimes in large urban centres, with Milan bucking the trend (+0.6%). Theft and voluntary homicides are decreasing, while cyber scams and juvenile crimes are on the rise.
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Analysis of statistical data on crime and complaints registered in Italy during 2025.
The majority of reported crimes (over 47% of the total) are concentrated in large urban centers: Milan, Florence, Rome, Bologna and Turin are at the top of the ranking.
The Lombardy capital goes against the trend compared to the Italian average: here, crimes increased by 0.6% in 2025, for a total of 228,287 complaints (7,07.15 per 100 thousand inhabitants).
In Florence there were 63,010 (-2.9%; 6,374.3 per 100 thousand inhabitants), in Rome 257,483 (-5.3%; 6,094.4 per 100 thousand inhabitants), in Bologna 62,058 (-0.3%; 6,058.6 per 100 thousand inhabitants) and in Turin 123,815 (-4.3%; 5,615.8 per 100 thousand inhabitants).
Also in the top 10 are Rimini, Genoa, Prato, Venice and Livorno.
The city with the most marked increase is Aosta, which is at +15.1%, with a rate of 3,306 complaints per 100 thousand inhabitants.
In addition to the case of Milan, it should be noted that crimes are increasing throughout Lombardy.
Lodi reaches +12.1% on an annual basis, Varese at +6.2%, Sondrio at +5.6%, Mantua at +4.7%, Pavia at +3.4% and Bergamo at 3.1%.
The decline in crimes in 2025 instead crosses a large part of Southern Italy.
The minus sign is found in eight out of nine Sicilian provinces, with the most marked declines in Ragusa (-11.3%), Catania (-10.5%) and Palermo (-9.2%).
The island everywhere records volumes below 2019 levels.
Crimes are also down in the Campania provinces, from Caserta (-4.8%) to Naples (-1.6%), in four of the six Apulian provinces and in four of the five Calabrian ones.
The exceptions are Brindisi (+0.4%) and Cosenza (+2.3%).
As mentioned, the decrease in the percentage of reported crimes is above all the decrease in thefts, which for the first time since 2022 are less than one million: 992,660 in 2025, -5.9% on 2024.
However, their incidence remains very high, representing 42.1% of the total.
Going into specifics, thefts from parked cars (-16%), thefts from homes (-8.7%), thefts with dexterity (-6%) and thefts with snatching (-3%) in particular fell.
Motorcycle thefts increased slightly (+0.2%).
Robberies are also less than in 2025: -3.6% for general ones and -7.7% for robberies in public streets.
Voluntary homicides drop from 326 to 289 (−11.3%): it is the lowest value in the historical series since 1950, which only equals the 2020 figure recorded during the pandemic.
Attempted murders decreased by 13.1%, to 993.
Sexual violence is also decreasing, -2.8%.
However, we must pay attention to the numbers: the index only examines reported crimes.
For crimes of this type the incidence could be much higher, because the victims do not always report.
However, there is a whole series of crimes that are increasing.
Among these, scams and IT frauds stand out: 298,651 (+4.4%, which correspond to 12,565 new cases reported).
Damages are also on the rise, reaching 288,938 (+3.9%, +10,954 cases), as are beatings (+3.4%) and extortion (+1.4%).
Il Sole then reports a clear increase in fires, which go to +18.7%.
In 2025, reports relating to minors reported or arrested reached 39,600, compared to 38,247 in 2024: +34% more than 2019.
They represent 4.7% of the total reports relating to people.
For robberies in public streets, the share of minors reaches 25.8%.
Sondrio records the highest incidence of reports relating to minors out of the provincial total (9.7%), followed by Modena (8.3%).
The reports relating to foreign citizens reported or arrested are instead 292,820, equal to 35.1% of the total, compared to 34.7% in 2024.
Milan, Rome, Turin and Bologna together collect 25% of reports relating to foreigners.
In Prato the share of the provincial total reaches around 60%.

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In 2025, crimes reported in Italy fell to around 2.36 million (-1.8% compared to 2024), recording the first decline in four years. Thefts, robberies and murders are decreasing, while cyber scams and minors being reported are increasing.