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Crema: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cremona, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via dei Cappuccini 1, Crema.

Crema, the river Serio and a town with a Venetian past

For centuries Crema looked to Venice rather than Milan. The Venetian Republic ruled it for a long time, and the old centre, gathered around the Lombard Gothic cathedral and Piazza Duomo, still shows it. The town sits in the irrigated plain east of Milan, along the river Serio, and is the hub of the Cremasco, the northern part of the province of Cremona.

Average declared income is above the provincial average, and the town has more services than the villages around it: 51 healthcare facilities, 1.50 per 1,000 residents against 0.59 in the province, and a hospital serving the whole area. For those working in Milan there is the railway to Treviglio, on the main line into the city; open timetable data list 2 public transport lines, train and bus combined. The report measures the distance from each address to the station.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 33,933 residents in 2023, up 2.5% since 2011, and Crema holds 9.6% of the province's population. The average age is 47.7 and over-65s make up 27.3%, more than the Lombardy average (23.5%). Foreign residents account for 11.3%.

All 113 municipalities in the province of Cremona are in the same seismic zone on the Civil Protection scale, zone 3, and in Crema the expected ground acceleration is about 0.089 g. The hazard is moderate. In the old centre and in converted farmhouses in the outlying hamlets, damp walls, the roof and the energy rating weigh more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the land registry maps and the report starts from the address to find the plot. Flood hazard mainly concerns areas near the Serio and the irrigation channels, and is checked house by house.

Key points

  • Main town of the Cremasco, on the Serio, with a Venetian-era centre.
  • 33,933 residents, up 2.5% since 2011.
  • Healthcare: 1.50 facilities per 1,000 residents, above the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.089 g.

Overview

Crema is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 33,933 residents, the second most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Crema is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 113 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.089 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 2.5%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Crema declared an average taxable income of 30,332 euros, above the provincial average (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Crema is in climate zone E, with 2,506 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 79 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Crema has 41 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 23 grocery shops and supermarkets, 51 healthcare facilities, 40 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.

There are 1.5 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line, 1 train line. That is about 0.0 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 23.5% of the land in Crema, compared with 10.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Crema is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Crema, and 3 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Crema: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Crema are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 284 inhabited census areas in Crema. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.0%
  • fair 5.4%
  • good 69.9%
  • very good 24.7%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 019035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.