Sykies scores 30 out of 100 for property crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 37,753 people at 6,745 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 Sykies is actually like
The municipality's southern unit, immediately above the old city walls, dense and steep with some of the best views over the gulf. It is long-settled working and middle-class Thessaloniki, close enough to the centre to walk down to Ano Poli. The documented crime picture is acquisitive and local: a burglary crew that worked shops across Neapoli and Sykies was identified, and a group of three was arrested for fifteen thefts committed in the municipality between 6 September and 3 December 2025.
After dark
Quiet residential streets on the slope, with the documented pattern being shop break-ins and thefts rather than street attacks. Steep, poorly overlooked stair-streets are the obvious thing to avoid walking alone late.
What to watch for
- Shop break-ins overnight
- Steep unlit stair-streets between levels
- Parked-car thefts
Staying here
Possible and cheap, with good views and a walkable link to Ano Poli, but it is residential and hilly. Most visitors do better in the centre.
Other neighbourhoods in Neapoli-Sykies
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Sykies safe?
Sykies (Συκιές) scores 30 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 Sykies is. That works out to about 2,105 property offences and 164.9 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Sykies safe at night?
Sykies 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 Sykies compare with the rest of Neapoli-Sykies?
Sykies scores 30 out of 100 for property crime, against 30 for Neapoli-Sykies as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.