Thanks to the widespread presence of police forces and law-enforcement agencies operating on the territory, Rome is a safe place to walk through. The squares and the streets of the city centre are always populated both by locals and by visitors who enjoy the city at anytime of the day and the evening.

Following the recent history – on the matter of local terrorism above all – Italy has developed a very efficient precautionary security system.

In recent years the number of international visitors in Rome has grown continuously and the 2 international airports of the city – Fiumicino and Ciampino – just last year received together about 47 million passengers, who enjoyed Rome connections without problems. The number of visitors who access the city through the modern and safe railway network – connecting the capital with all national destinations – is constantly increasing.

The proximity to the Vatican City State makes the capital city even more safeguarded, thanks to the successfull collaboration between local policy and the Vatican “Gendarmeria” corps and security units.

Like every year, the Economist published “Safe Cities Index World 2017”, a study that classifies 60  international metropolis according to their security in relation with 49 parameters including, the most important: personal security (urban crime, terrorism, general violence), digital security (threats of cyber attacks), health security (access to health, hospitals and emergency services) infrastructure security (state of buildings , roads and bridges). The capital of Japan wins the highest score (89.8 out of 100).

As far as concerns Italy, Milan and Rome reach the 25th and 27th places – not very far from Paris and New York and better qualified of Buenos Aires, Beijing, Athens, Shangai and Johannesburg.