Heraklion scores 62 out of 100 for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 173,993 people at 709 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.
Districts in Heraklion
21 places, by overall safety
All districts, largest first
- 62HeraklionΗράκλειο144,422
- 62Nea AlikarnassosΝέας Αλικαρνασσού13,030
- 62VasileiaΒασιλειών2,256
- 62KallitheaΚαλλιθέας1,605
- 62Profitis IliasΠροφήτη Ηλία1,429
- 62VoutesΒουτών1,300
- 62SkalaniΣκαλανίου1,229
- 62DafneΔαφνέ1,204
- 62Aghios SyllasΑγίου Σύλλα1,157
- 62Kato AssitesΚάτω Ασιτών1,083
- 62StavrakiaΣταυρακίων913
- 62VeneratoΒενεράτου869
- 62KyparissosΚυπαρίσσου674
- 62Aghios MyronasΑγίου Μύρωνος613
- 62AvgenikiΑυγενικής539
- 62Ano AssitesΆνω Ασιτών425
- 62PyrgouΠυργούς327
- 62PentamodioΠενταμοδίου300
- 62KerassiaΚερασίων267
- 62PetrokefaloΠετροκεφάλου182
- 62SivaΣίβας169
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
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Questions people ask
Is Heraklion safe?
Heraklion (Ηράκλειο) scores 62 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 Heraklion is and by documented local reporting. That works out to about 422 property offences and 81.9 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Heraklion safe at night?
Heraklion is average for Greece: fine for most people after dark, with the ordinary care you would take in any neighbourhood of Heraklion late at night.
How does Heraklion compare with the rest of Heraklion?
Heraklion scores 62 out of 100 for overall safety, against 65 for Heraklion as a whole — worse than its surroundings.