In 2023, the metropolitan city of Milan ranked first in terms of crime rate, as it recorded 7,100 felonies per 100,000 inhabitants. Furthermore, the provinces of Rome and Florence followed with around 6,000 cases reported. In Milan, burglaries in shops and thefts were much more common than in any other Italian provinces. Frequent car thefts The Southern province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the region of Apulia, was the place in Italy with the highest rate of stolen cars. Roughly 697 cases per every 100,000 residents were registered in 2019. Catania had the second-largest rate with about 656 reports. Nationwide, the three most frequently stolen car models belonged to Fiat, the leading Italian vehicle manufacturer. Moreover, a Lancia car model ranked fourth. This company was also part of the Fiat Group, which, however, only sells vehicles in Italy. Mafia associations  In the last years, the number of mafia associations in Italy experienced a decline. However, there are still dozens of mafia-type organizations in the country. The Southern region of Campania was the place faced with the largest amount of crime associations. In total, 67 of such crimes were reported in Campania in 2019.

Between 2018 and 2023, the crime rate in the metropolitan city of Milan stabilized around 7,000 reported felonies per 100,000 inhabitants. The index had a marked decrease during the COVID-19 outbreak due to the restrictive measures enacted to limit the expansion of the disease. After the pandemic, the rate surged to pre-COVID-19 levels. This trend is consistent with the total number of crimes reported by the police forces in the municipality of Milan. In fact, recorded felonies had a significant drop in 2020, but after three years they increased up to the 2018 level. The metropolitan city of Milan was the Italian administrative unit with the highest criminal rate compared to other provinces, confirmed by the index being constantly above the national average, 3,969.2 felonies per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023.

The most recent report of the Italian Ministry of the Interior reveals that between January and July 2025, 184 homicides were committed in Italy. The number of homicides has recorded a decreasing trend since 2011. Overall, about 2.3 million criminal acts were reported in Italy in 2023. Femicide Femicide, a homicide in which a woman is killed for gender-based reasons, poses a serious problem around the world. In 2018, roughly one in six Italians believed that femicide was on the rise. Women, victims of homicide, are often related to the culprit; in 2022, 74 women in Italy were killed by their partner. Crime in Italy In 2023, the most common crime in Italy was theft. Law enforcement corps reported one million cases of this delinquency to the juridical authority, with the highest theft rate in the metropolitan city of Milan.

In 2023, Milan recorded the highest theft rate in Italy, with almost 4,000 felonies per 100,000 inhabitants. Rome and Rimini followed, with around 3,500 and 3,200 thefts per 100,000 residents, respectively.

In 2022, the northern Italian province of Imperia recorded the largest number of sexual violences compared to the population, with 23.55 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Bologna followed with 21.65 violences per 100,000 residents, whereas Trieste, in the north-east, registered 18.85 cases every 100,000 inhabitants.