Crime and safety in Arachovitika
Δημοτική Κοινότητα Αραχοβιτίκων · District
Modelled estimate — how it is madeArachovitika scores 52 out of 100 for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 902 people at 618 people per km².
The score is absolute, not a ranking: 50 is the offence rate for Greece as a whole, 100 the safest end of the scale and 0 the least safe, and every doubling of the rate costs the same number of points wherever you are. Regional units are scored from Eurostat's police-recorded offence rates per 100,000 inhabitants. Greece publishes nothing finer, so municipalities and districts share out their region's measured rate by how built-up they are and by documented local reporting — treat those two levels as an estimate, not a count of reported crime.
What Arachovitika is actually like
A coastal community of the Rio municipal unit east of the bridge, part of the northern shore strip with Drepano and Psathopyrgos. The sea here, like at Drepano, has currents that make it suitable for surfing. Summer houses, beaches and tavernas; busy in season, quiet out of it. No incident reporting names Arachovitika specifically.
After dark
Quiet, with summer activity on the shore and near-silence otherwise. Unlit stretches along the coast road. Nothing documented.
What to watch for
- Sea currents off the shore — the reason it is a surfing spot
- Empty holiday houses out of season
- Unlit coast road at night
Staying here
Good for a quiet summer seaside stay with a car. Far from the Italy ferry gates — not a base for an early sailing.
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Arachovitika safe?
Arachovitika (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Αραχοβιτίκων) scores 52 out of 100 for overall safety on SafetyMap — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the Greek average. That is based on the police-recorded offence rate of its regional unit, apportioned by how built-up Arachovitika is. That works out to about 655 property offences and 114.1 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Arachovitika safe at night?
Arachovitika is average for Greece: fine for most people after dark, with the ordinary care you would take in any neighbourhood of Patras late at night.
How does Arachovitika compare with the rest of Patras?
Arachovitika scores 52 out of 100 for overall safety, against 51 for Patras as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.