Milan, 12 Oct. (LaPresse) – Milan remains the city with the highest number of police reports per resident in Italy: there are 7,000 reports per 100,000 inhabitants. This is according to a report by *Il Sole 24 Ore* on the crime index, based on the survey on the quality of life in Italian provinces. The top ten positions for reports per 100,000 inhabitants are occupied, in order, by the provinces of Milan, Florence, Rome, Bologna, Turin, Rimini, Genoa, Prato, Venice and Livorno. Seven of the top ten areas are metropolitan cities. A total of 47.4 per cent of reported crimes in Italy are concentrated within the 14 metropolitan cities. Milan exceeds 7,000 reports per 100,000 residents and has seen an increase of 0.6 per cent compared with 2024. Florence, in second place with 6,374 reports per 100,000 inhabitants, has seen a decrease of 2.9 per cent. Reports have also fallen in Rome (-5.3 per cent), Bologna (-0.3 per cent) and Turin (-4.3 per cent). At the opposite end of the scale are Oristano, with 1,707 reports per 100,000 inhabitants (around a quarter of Milan’s figure), followed by Potenza (1,968), Enna (2,165) and Benevento (2,177).
Il Sole 24 Ore: “Milan tops the list for the number of police reports per resident”
Milan, 12 Oct. (LaPresse) – Milan remains the city with the highest number of police reports per resident in Italy: there are 7,000 reports per 100,000 inhabitants. This is according to a report by *Il Sole 24 Ore* on the crime index, based on the survey on the quality of life in Italian provinces. The top ten positions for reports per 100,000 inhabitants are occupied, in order, by the provinces of Milan, Florence, Rome, Bologna, Turin, Rimini, Genoa, Prato, Venice and Livorno. Seven of the top ten areas are metropolitan cities. A total of 47.4 per cent of reported crimes in Italy are concentrated within the 14 metropolitan cities. Milan exceeds 7,000 reports per 100,000 residents and has seen an increase of 0.6 per cent compared with 2024. Florence, in second place with 6,374 reports per 100,000 inhabitants, has seen a decrease of 2.9 per cent. Reports have also fallen in Rome (-5.3 per cent), Bologna (-0.3 per cent) and Turin (-4.3 per cent). At the opposite end of the scale are Oristano, with 1,707 reports per 100,000 inhabitants (around a quarter of Milan’s figure), followed by Potenza (1,968), Enna (2,165) and Benevento (2,177).