in 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the swiss criminal code (running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in faido was 38.4 per thousand residents. this rate is lower than average, only 70.8% of the rate in the district, 70.1% of the rate in the canton and 59.4% of the average rate in the entire country. during the same period, the rate of drug crimes was 2.7 per thousand residents. this rate is lower than the average for the canton and nation, only 30.7% of the cantonal rate and 27.3% of the national rate. the rate of violations of immigration, visa and work permit laws was 5.7 per thousand residents. this rate is about half of the rate in the district, but is over one and a half times the cantonal rate.