The Burgraviate is very safe, however western South Tyrol is the area which is more affected by neonazi groups and bikers violence, but no violent episodes against tourists have been attested. During the night pay attention very much if driving.
South Tyrol is one of the Italian regions with less risk of earthquakes, however in western South Tyrol the risk of moderate earthquakes is higher.
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The Burgraviate is mostly German-speaking - 77.7% of the burgravial population speaks German as mother tongue. Only 22.0% is Italian-speaking. Ladins are a very small minority 0.3%. The Italian-speaking population is located primarily in Meran where it's about the half of the town population and then in the agglomeration along the Adige valley to the east. In the valleys no one word in Italian is pronounced by local population. However all road signs are bilingual.
The Burgravial German dialect Burggräflerisch has particular features and there is a good literary production with the translation into dialect of The Little Prince Dr kluane Prinz or the Struwwelpeter. The Meran German dialect Meranerisch is an urban dialect which is more closed to that spoken in Bolzano or Brixen instead of the whole Burgraviate - however pronounciation is similar.