Overview
- Interior Ministry data confirm 2.38 million offences reported in 2024, up 1.7% year on year and 3.4% versus 2019.
- Street‑level offences drove the increase: thefts accounted for 44% of reports and rose 3%, with home burglaries up 4.9%, vehicle thefts up 2.3%, robberies up 1.8% and sexual violence up 7.5%, while contraband, arsons and online frauds declined.
- Urban concentration intensified, with 47.9% of offences recorded in the 14 metropolitan areas and nearly a quarter in Milan, Rome and Florence.
- Juvenile involvement surged to 38,247 under‑18s reported, up 16% in a year, and roughly one in four arrests for robberies in public involved a minor.
- Foreign nationals made up about 34.7% of those reported or arrested in 2024, with their share exceeding 60% for predatory street crimes such as thefts, snatches and robberies.