Naples Prefect Michele di Bari has extended nine existing red zones across the city and established a tenth red zone in the Vomero district. The decision continues reinforced surveillance and territorial control in several busy public areas while expanding the measure to Vomero after recent criminal and illegal incidents examined by the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security.
What was decided
The order extends nine existing red-zone measures and creates a new one for Vomero. According to the reporting, the stated purpose is reinforced surveillance, preventive intervention, territorial control, deterrence of petty crime, and protection of public safety and urban decorum.
The reports do not state the exact effective period or expiry date of the extensions. The official administrative order and cartographic boundaries were not available in the sources consulted.
The nine extended areas
The extended measures concern:
- Coroglio
- Mergellina and via Caracciolo
- Porta Capuana
- Piazza Bellini and piazza Dante
- Barra
- Porta Nolana
- Sanità
- Chiaia
- The area outside the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
These areas therefore remain subject to the red-zone restrictions already in force, with continued preventive controls and territorial monitoring.
The new Vomero zone: streets and squares covered
The new Vomero red zone covers a defined perimeter in the district. The streets and public spaces named in the reporting are:
- Parco Mascagna
- Via Bernini
- Via Kaufmann
- Via Ruoppolo
- Via Piccini
- Via Conca
- Piazza Vanvitelli
- Piazza degli Artisti
- Via Alvino
- Via Merliani
Readers navigating Vomero should use those street and square names as the practical reference for the perimeter described in the press reports. The exact administrative boundaries have not been published in the sources available.
Why Vomero was added
The Vomero measure followed recent criminal and illegal incidents that caused concern among residents. Those incidents were examined by the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security before the Prefect adopted the new zone.
The retrieved reports describe those incidents only in general terms. They do not identify specific events, dates, or suspects, so the public record currently supports the reason for the decision but not a detailed incident-by-incident account.
What a red zone means in practice
A red zone does not restrict ordinary residents, commuters, shoppers, or visitors going about lawful activity. The restriction is targeted.
According to the reporting, it concerns people reported within the previous five years for non-negligent offences against persons or property who display violent, threatening, or persistently harassing behaviour creating a concrete safety risk.
In practical terms, the measure is presented as a preventive tool: it allows reinforced surveillance and preventive intervention in the designated perimeter, aimed at deterring petty crime and addressing behaviour assessed as a concrete risk to safety and urban decorum.
What to keep in mind
If you live in, work in, or visit one of the listed areas, the useful reference points are the named perimeters above rather than the city as a whole. The nine other zones continue prior controls; only Vomero is newly established under this decision.
Two limits are worth noting. First, the duration of the extensions is not specified in the reports consulted. Second, the Vomero incidents behind the decision are described only generally, without published details on individual cases. Until the Prefecture publishes the full order, the street lists and eligibility criteria reported by ANSA, Corriere del Mezzogiorno Napoli, and Metropolis Web remain the best public guide to where the measure applies and whom it targets.