u/Loose_Student_6247

Hello.

Me and my girlfriend are visiting the city over the Halloween period for her birthday and I have had a few people that have visited Italy tell me I have to be very, very careful about pickpocketing to the point it may actually affect our enjoyment of our holiday?

The issue is looking online most sources state Sicily doesn't really have pickpocketing to the level of the main tourist hubs like Roma/Venezia/Napoli.

As a result I thought I'd just skip the third party sources, especially as most have visited the above cities and not Palermo, and instead ask the locals how bad the problem really is.