Don Bosco is a dense residential quarter of postwar apartment blocks in the Tuscolano area. Italian press has documented a serious and recurring pattern of violence here in 2025-2026: young men shot in courtyards and on the street, an armed group of about twenty attacking an arcade and injuring five people, explosive devices left outside residential buildings, and a filmed confrontation between rival drug gangs that led to arrests. Residents have staged public protests demanding more police and CCTV, and the Municipio VII has taken the issue to a dedicated public-security roundtable. Daytime is calmer with normal neighbourhood life, but the concentration of shootings and gang violence documented by name here is unusually high for Rome, justifying a red night rating.
Don Bosco — Rome, Italy
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In detail
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Frequently asked questions
Is Don Bosco safe?
Wandroz currently rates Don Bosco in Rome as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Rome during the day and an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in Rome at night. This comes from a structured local-source assessment: an area-level review of credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — consolidated across sources rather than taken from a single report. Rome publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.
Is Don Bosco safe at night?
At night, Don Bosco is rated as an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in Rome. If you're unsure, it's worth checking recent local reviews for your specific street or block, since a neighbourhood-wide rating can't capture block-by-block variation.
Is Don Bosco a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Don Bosco's day rating (roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Rome) is the more relevant one for typical daytime tourist activity; check the night rating too if you'll be out late. The Booking.com link on this page searches Don Bosco itself.
Is there official crime data for Don Bosco?
Not an official government crime feed — Don Bosco's rating comes from Wandroz's own current local/national press and survey research for this specific area instead (see the note on this page for what was checked and the sources used). An absence of recent negative coverage is treated as inconclusive, not as proof the area is safe. If you live in or know Don Bosco well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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