Crime rate in Milan 2018-2023

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.