Girokomeio scores 46 out of 100 for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 22,063 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 Girokomeio is actually like
An eastern hillside district named for the historic monastery of the Girokomeio, one of the oldest in Greece, which still stands here. It is the greenest of the inner neighbourhoods: woodland with laid-out recreation areas, wide views over the gulf, an unusually good microclimate, the Konstantopouleio old people's home, and detached houses and low blocks along the approach roads. People come up for the monastery, the grove and the air. Against the dense districts below it is quieter, leafier and more expensive, and against Terpsithea and Pagona on the same slope it is higher, more open and more institutional. No crime reporting in the 2024-2026 record names it.
After dark
Very quiet. The woodland and monastery grounds are dark and empty after dusk; the residential roads are calm with modest lighting. There is no documented incident, patrol priority or burglary listing for Girokomeio.
What to watch for
- The grove and monastery grounds after dark — unlit and unfrequented
- Isolated detached houses on the upper roads
Staying here
Pleasant and quiet if you find a short let and have a car, and the views are the best in the city. Impractical without one, and a poor choice for an early Italy ferry — the South Port gates are a long way downhill and south.
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Questions people ask
Is Girokomeio safe?
Girokomeio (Γηροκομείο) scores 46 out of 100 for violent 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 Girokomeio is. That works out to about 650 property offences and 112.6 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Girokomeio safe at night?
Girokomeio 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 Girokomeio compare with the rest of Patras?
Girokomeio scores 46 out of 100 for violent crime, against 47 for Patras as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.