Higher rates of rape & murder in areas of lower-Mafia activity in Italy

[Jovialis]

Areas of higher Mafia activity seem to have lower incidents of rape and murder, compared to areas of lower activity.

 

[HereToLearn]

Because they're poorer and there's less immigration. And if there's any, it's kept in check by the indigenous criminals rather than by the police.

Also, it's by perception (where it is most "felt"). I suppose one should also not be surprised that most petty crimes and theft are not even denounced to the police in the most "mafia-heavy" provinces, while in other parts of the country you go to the police even when you find a broken headlight on your bike.

 

[MOESAN]

Maybe it's more cautious to keep for oneself his problems with the Mafia in some places?

 

[Maciamo]

I'm not sure that there is such a strong correlation at the provincial level. Here is a map showing the rate of sexual violence against women in Italy by province.

It looks like a lot of rapes occur in seaside resorts such as the Italian Riviera, the coast between Venice and Trieste, the area around Rimini, that als along the coast of Sicily, and a bit everywhere all around the country, both in the North and South.