If he comes from anywhere other than the EU (and even then, depends where), Italy, or even Sicily in particular, is much safer regarding murder rates. Italy is

If he comes from anywhere other than the EU (and even then, depends where), Italy, or even Sicily in particular, is much safer regarding murder rates. Italy is super safe. If you or him wants more details, numbers etc ... They're all readily available, but even a quick glance at these two maps tells the story: World by country level: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Map_of_world_by_intentional_homicide_rate-fixplcz.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Map_of_w... (Yes, Italy is safer than Canada or Australia) Europe by regional level: https://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe-map-of-homicide-rates-subnational-lebel-unodc-png.png https://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe... So yes, even in the few parts of Italy that aren't scoring perfect, the murder rate is as dangerous as visiting the french south east coast, or visiting Scotland, or even north Germany. Not exactly hell of earth.