How safe is Naples?

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To look for short term apartments, try booking.com and use the filters to select your priorities. I hope your trip is next year, since it is very late to be looking for anything this year.

Naples isn’t dangerous. Crime I wouldn’t worry about. Pedestrian safety is a bit iffy so just watch out for scooters and insane drivers.

I would look at Airbnb as well for apartments. I found a great place on Airbnb in the Chiaia neighborhood.

We also always stay in an Airbnb in the Chiaia district! Love Napoli!

None of the areas that a tourist might venture are unsafe.

The "bad" parts of Naples are on the edges of the city and in the housing projects in the suburbs like Scampia..

Take caer of belongings near the train station (and everywhere else, like you would in any city)

Besides Pompeii, the archeological museum what are some things we should not miss during our 4 day stay?

Naples has a lot of worthwhile attractions in addition to the archeological museum such as the Duomo, the Church of Gesu Nuovo, the Church of Santa Chiara, the Capodimonte Museum and the Cappella Sansevero. The town itself is an attraction, just walking around. I wouldn't visit Sorrento. People stay in Sorrento and use it as a base to visit other places, but people don't really go to Sorrento for Sorrento itself. You could go to Capri, it's better to stay there overnight, but you don't have time, and visit Villa San Michele and Giardini di Augusto.

Look for apartments on booking.com, I would look for something close to Via Toledo.

To all who have replied, Molti Grazi

it's OK, but be aware of pickpockets

I’ve been to Naples three times and never felt unsafe.
A couple of the nights on two of the visits I was by myself (female) till friends arrived.
The people are lovely and very helpful.
Take the usual safety precautions and just be mindful of traffic , especially scooters and motorbikes whizzing about.

Several years ago I had a friend that was offered a job (civilian with US Navy) in Naples. He took the job and he was advised NOT to ship expensive stereo or such equipment with his household goods. Also, not to ship a new car.

He said pickpockets were a problem, but you just needed to secure your wallet. Violent crime was not a problem.

S 70+,F,SOLO traveler. In Naples last year, very safe. 99% of the time I book Apartments and always with booking.com. had a fabulous appointment in Naples but it was only one bed in a one bedroom.

The 2025 statistics say that the province of Naples is 13th (out of 106 provinces in Italy) for overall criminality based on criminal incidents per population (Milan, Florence and Rome, respectively are the top 3 overall)

Naples is 19th for pickpocketing (Florence is number 1, Rome is 2, Milan is 3)
Naples is 4th for purse snatching (Florence is number 1, Milan 2, Turin is 3)
Naples is 4th for street robbery/mugging (Milan is number 1, Florence 2, Bologna 3)

Naples is 1st only for extorsions and for contraband, but tourists are not really the targets of those types of crime.

So go to Naples without worry. It is Florence that you must fear.

https://lab24.ilsole24ore.com/indice-della-criminalita/classifica/

I do appreciate the statistics on crime. More importantly, I am thankful for the encouragement. I will take your pointers into consideration.

The statistics on crime per capita for Florence, Milan and Rome are probably overstated because those stats are derived by dividing the number of crime incidents by the number of residents, but the denominator (number of residents) is much lower than the actual number of people present in the city at any given moment once you include visitors and city users from nearby areas.

Wherever you are, use normal precautions, especially against pickpockets because those are the only crimes generally affecting tourists. So be careful and watch your purse/wallets, and especially your phone, while in crowded places, like Buses, trains, subways, ferries, and markets.

Also don’t leave your phone on a sidewalk cafe table while you are distracted sipping on your cappuccino, especially if the table is easily within reach of passersby who might grab it and run away with it. Keep your phone protected because that is the only thing thieves are interested on nowadays.

But overall don’t be too worry about this petty crime because 99.9% people visit Italy without incident, but I’m just giving you these warnings so that you don’t end up being part of that 0.1% of visitors who are victims of pickpockets.

I felt perfectly safe on my trip to Naples this last month. I did stay in a very convenient hotel with great location and transport connections across from the train station.