Karabournaki scores 38 out of 100 for property crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 7,908 people at 12,861 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 Karabournaki is actually like
The headland quarter at Kalamaria's northwestern edge, where the municipality meets the city's eastern seafront, named after Karaburun in Asia Minor. It is best known for the archaeological excavation on the tell and for the old airfield land behind it. Residentially it is quiet, middle-class and low-rise by Thessaloniki standards. There is no police reporting or local news coverage that identifies Karabournaki as a crime location - the Kalamaria incidents that reach the press are recorded at municipality level.
After dark
Residential and quiet. The seafront path is used by walkers and runners into the evening; the inland streets empty early. No documented night-time problem.
What to watch for
- Nothing area-specific is documented
Staying here
Yes, if you want quiet and a seafront walk. Fewer rentals and less commerce than Nea Krini or the centre.
Other neighbourhoods in Kalamaria
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Karabournaki safe?
Karabournaki (Καραμπουρνάκι) scores 38 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 Karabournaki is. That works out to about 1,505 property offences and 77.6 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Karabournaki safe at night?
Karabournaki 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 Karabournaki compare with the rest of Kalamaria?
Karabournaki scores 38 out of 100 for property crime, against 38 for Kalamaria as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.