Massimina is a peripheral residential zone in southwest Rome. Press research found serious and recurring problems: in December 2025, twelve people (including five minors) were arrested for kidnapping and torturing two 18-year-olds over drug debts in a garage described as a house of horrors, part of a gang based in Massimina charged with torture, kidnapping, extortion and illegal explosives; in September 2025 a bar argument escalated into a knife fight and gunfire in the street at night, leaving two men wounded, one critically; and in December 2025 a drug bazaar was uncovered in a Massimina home with roughly 400,000 euros worth of narcotics and 44kg seized. This is genuine, well-documented, recurring serious crime, so night is rated red; daytime risk is lower but the underlying gang and drug infrastructure still merits a yellow.
Massimina — Rome, Italy
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In detail
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Frequently asked questions
Is Massimina safe?
Wandroz currently rates Massimina 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 Massimina safe at night?
At night, Massimina 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 Massimina a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Massimina'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 Massimina itself.
Is there official crime data for Massimina?
Not an official government crime feed — Massimina'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 Massimina well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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