Val Melaina is a mid-20th-century public-housing district and one of the areas in Municipio III most consistently flagged in Rome press for both building decay and crime. Press has repeatedly reported on crumbling ATER blocks and residents saying anyone can commit a crime here, while police described one specific public-housing unit as a drug-dealing base in an area with a documented high crime rate. Periodic multi-agency raids here have suspended businesses and issued tens of thousands of euros in fines, and there have been repeated evictions of illegally occupied ATER apartments. These are genuine, recurring, documented concerns, worse after dark.
Val Melaina — Rome, Italy
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Average day
Higher caution advised night
In detail
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This rating comes from a structured local-source assessment. This specific area was reviewed against credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — and the signals were consolidated across sources rather than taken from any single report, with the reasoning and the sources shown above. Rome publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does publish one, Wandroz uses it instead of an assessment. Where a review finds nothing documented, that is recorded as no findings rather than as a safety rating.
Frequently asked questions
Is Val Melaina safe?
Wandroz currently rates Val Melaina 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 Val Melaina safe at night?
At night, Val Melaina 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 Val Melaina a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Val Melaina'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 Val Melaina itself.
Is there official crime data for Val Melaina?
Not an official government crime feed — Val Melaina'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 Val Melaina well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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