Glaraki 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 605 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 Glaraki is actually like
A small inner neighbourhood on the eastern slope, listed among the quarters bordering Tabahana and Panagia Alexiotissa along with Sinora, Marouda, Astynomika, Pagona, Drosia and Aroi. It is a minor residential pocket rather than a district with its own centre: older houses and small blocks on narrow streets, a settled population, no institutions and no reason for a visitor to seek it out. The useful comparison is with its neighbours — all of them are ordinary inner quarters that appear in none of the police patrol lists, burglary hotspot listings or incident reporting for Patras in 2024-2026, in contrast with the southern districts a kilometre away.
After dark
Quiet, narrow and thinly lit, with almost no late footfall. No documented incidents or patrol priorities name Glaraki. The practical concern is isolation and footing rather than crime.
What to watch for
- Narrow, thinly lit lanes with no late footfall
- Standard home and vehicle security
Staying here
Essentially nothing to book. If something turns up you are close to the centre, but Ano Poli and the centre proper are better choices. Taxi to the South Port for an early Italy ferry.
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Questions people ask
Is Glaraki safe?
Glaraki (Γλαράκη) 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 Glaraki is. That works out to about 659 property offences and 112.1 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Glaraki safe at night?
Glaraki 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 Glaraki compare with the rest of Patras?
Glaraki scores 46 out of 100 for violent crime, against 47 for Patras as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.