HoodEx scores areas of Rome, Italy from 0 to 10 on green space and air, comfort and safety, homes and buildings, shops and services, and getting around. Of the areas reported on in depth so far, Parione scores highest at 7.7/10, against an average of 7.2/10. Open any report below, or find which part of Rome fits you.
Rome sits on the Tiber River across a landscape of low hills in central Italy. Its center layers ancient, medieval, and baroque fabric into a dense, walkable core of narrow streets and open piazzas. Most residents live in old apartment buildings, many of them centuries old, and the quality and condition of housing varies sharply from one neighborhood to the next. Buses and trams cover the city, supplemented by a metro system, though many central areas are easiest to navigate on foot. Summers are hot and dry, winters mild and wet. Trevi, Parione, and Celio hold much of the historic monumental core, while Testaccio, Trieste, and Ludovisi offer distinct residential characters. Community life and local services are a consistent presence throughout, but green space and tree cover remain scarce and unevenly distributed.
Across the 6 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Rome, the average score is 7.2 out of 10 — strong. That places Rome 13th of the 33 cities measured so far, 0.6 above the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Parione at 7.7/10; the lowest is Trevi at 6.6/10. A gap of only 1.1 points means Rome is fairly even: most areas offer a similar standard, and the choice comes down to what kind of place you want rather than how good it is. 5 of the 6 areas score 7 or better.
Averaged across Rome: green & air 4.4, comfort & safety 7.1, homes & buildings 7.8, shops & services 8.5 and getting around 8.2, each out of 10.
Rome's strongest category is shops & services — community life and local services — at 8.5/10, 1.8 above the 6.7 average for that category. The weakest is green & air — greenery and environmental quality — at 4.4/10, 1.3 below the 5.7 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
The score that swings most from one Rome area to the next is homes & buildings: 6.0/10 in Testaccio, 9.1/10 in Parione — a spread of 3.1 points. In practice that means what you are actually renting or buying is the thing your choice of address actually decides here.
By contrast green & air moves by only 1.3 points across the whole city, so it is close to a constant: worth knowing about Rome, but not worth paying extra for one street over another.
Within Italy, HoodEx has measured 2 cities, averaging 7.4/10. Rome is 0.2 below the 7.4 average for the country, 2nd of the 2.
No single area wins on everything, so it is worth knowing which one leads on the thing you care about. In Rome that is most green space: Trieste (5.2/10 green & air), best connected: Ludovisi (9.2/10 getting around), strongest community life: Celio (9.0/10 shops & services) and best housing stock: Parione (9.1/10 homes & buildings).
Open any of them below for the full breakdown — the five category scores, the components underneath them, and what residents have reported.
Describe the life you want — budget, commute, how much green you need, how lively the street should be — and HoodEx ranks Rome's neighbourhoods against your answers instead of you looking up one address at a time.
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These parts of Rome have been measured in full — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 6 neighbourhoods in Rome. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Rome neighbourhoods is 7.2/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 0.6 above the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
Parione currently has the highest overall score in Rome at 7.7/10, 1.1 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, Trevi (6.6/10).
Trieste scores highest on green & air in Rome at 5.2/10, covering green space, air and water quality and natural features. The city average for green & air is 4.4/10.
Ludovisi leads on getting around — transit access, road connectivity, walkability and reaching everyday destinations — at 9.2/10, against a Rome average of 8.2/10.
Homes & buildings varies most across Rome — a spread of 3.1 points between Testaccio (6.0/10) and Parione (9.1/10). That makes what you are actually renting or buying the thing your address decides here, while green & air is close to constant citywide (1.3 points).
HoodEx has measured 2 cities in Italy, averaging 7.4/10. Rome is 0.2 below the 7.4 average, ranking 2nd of the 2.
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
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Scores update as new analyses are run and community feedback comes in. Each neighbourhood page shows when it was last updated.