Chatzikyriakeio scores 39 out of 100 for property crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 7,842 people at 13,556 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 Chatzikyriakeio is actually like
The north-west shoulder of the peninsula, bounded by Thoukydidou to the east and G. Theotoki to the south. It is institutional as much as residential: the Naval Academy since 1885, the Chatzikyriakeio orphanage since 1889, the regional library, and the Zoodochos Pigi church built by refugees from Eastern Thrace who settled after 1924. Chatzikyriakou is the largest boulevard in Piraeus. Visitors come for the seafood tavernas along the shore.
After dark
Quiet, with a standing military and institutional presence keeping the main avenue watched. Side streets empty early. No incidents documented here in 2024-26.
Staying here
A genuinely calm, low-tourist option about 20 minutes' walk from the passenger terminals. Reasonable before a mid-morning sailing; less convenient than the port blocks if you leave before dawn.
Reputation against reality. Reputation lags reality here: the official Athens guide treats Chatzikyriakeio as a seafood destination, not a place to be careful in.
Streets and squares: Chatzikyriakou · Thoukydidou · G. Theotoki
Other neighbourhoods in Piraeus
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Chatzikyriakeio safe?
Chatzikyriakeio (Χατζηκυριάκειο) scores 39 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 Chatzikyriakeio is. That works out to about 1,463 property offences and 147.7 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Chatzikyriakeio safe at night?
Chatzikyriakeio 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 Chatzikyriakeio compare with the rest of Piraeus?
Chatzikyriakeio scores 39 out of 100 for property crime, against 38 for Piraeus as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.