Drosia scores 57 out of 100 for property crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 1,967 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 Drosia is actually like
A district on the eastern slope opposite the Agios Andreas General Hospital of Patras, which is what defines it. It is a mixed residential quarter of apartment blocks and older houses, with the population you would expect next to a major hospital: residents, medical staff, families of patients, and the cafes, pharmacies and parking pressure that come with it. Nobody visits Drosia except for the hospital. It borders Tabahana, Pagona and Aroi. Against those it is busier and better lit because of the hospital traffic, and like them it appears in none of the 2024-2026 police patrol or burglary listings.
After dark
Busier than most residential districts through the night because of hospital traffic, ambulances and shift changes, which keeps the main approaches lit and populated. Side streets are quiet. Police figures record 9 theft incidents at hospitals across Patras in the first nine months of 2025.
What to watch for
- Theft from vehicles and visitors around the hospital — 9 hospital incidents citywide in nine months of 2025
- Bags and belongings left unattended in waiting areas
- Quieter residential side streets away from the hospital approaches
Staying here
Practical if you have hospital business, with rooms and short lets nearby, otherwise unremarkable. Not a base for an early Italy ferry — take a taxi across the city to the South Port.
Streets and squares: Agios Andreas General Hospital of Patras
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Drosia safe?
Drosia (Δροσιά) scores 57 out of 100 for property crime 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 Drosia is. That works out to about 659 property offences and 112 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Drosia safe at night?
Drosia 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 Drosia compare with the rest of Patras?
Drosia scores 57 out of 100 for property crime, against 55 for Patras as a whole — safer than its surroundings.