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Italy's homicide rate falls to the eu's third-lowest
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Italy's homicide rate falls to the eu's third-lowest

What a striking turnaround: in 2023, Italy recorded the EU’s lowest homicide rate and its third-lowest rate after adjusting for age. The unadjusted rate was 0.57 per 100,000 people, compared with a European average of 0.91, while the age-adjusted figure was 0.4. Since the peak of mafia-related violence in 1991, homicides have fallen by around 80 percent, following a wide-ranging government response and a decline in criminal groups’ use of extreme violence. Femicide has also dropped to among the lowest rates in the EU, adding to this encouraging picture of improved safety.
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