Girokomeio scores 34 out of 100 for property crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 41,617 people at 16,579 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 Girokomeio is actually like
Girokomeio is a small, green, comfortable district running parallel to Kifissias Avenue, named after the old people's home that has operated on the site since 1907 on land donated by Andreas Syngros and later endowed by Eustathios and Palmyra Lampsa. It borders Nea Filothei, Ampelokipoi, Ellinoroson and the municipality of Palaio Psychiko, and contains the Park for the Child and Culture.
After dark
Very quiet and low-traffic, with institutional grounds and lower-density housing rather than bar streets. It is one of the least eventful parts of the municipality after dark.
What to watch for
- Very low foot traffic after dark — institutional grounds and walled frontages rather than overlooked streets
- Panormou is the nearest metro station and it is a long walk, so late journeys mean a bus or taxi
- Fast traffic on Leoforos Kifissias
Staying here
Comfortable and safe but a long way from anything a visitor wants, with Panormou the nearest metro station. It suits relocating families and long-stay workers rather than tourists.
Reputation against reality. No safety coverage exists in Greek or English media. It is a small, well-off institutional pocket, not a district that appears in crime reporting.
Streets and squares: Leoforos Kifissias · Panormou (nearest metro)
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Questions people ask
Is Girokomeio safe?
Girokomeio (Γηροκομείο) scores 34 out of 100 for property crime on SafetyMap — above-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 Girokomeio is. That works out to about 1,835 property offences and 175.2 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Girokomeio safe at night?
Girokomeio records more crime than most of Greece, so stay on busy, lit streets late at night, keep phones and bags out of sight, and use licensed taxis rather than walking long distances alone.
How does Girokomeio compare with the rest of Athens?
Girokomeio scores 34 out of 100 for property crime, against 27 for Athens as a whole — safer than its surroundings.