Platanias scores 77 out of 100 for violent crime — below-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 16,874 people at 34 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.
Districts in Platanias
51 places, by violent crime
All districts, largest first
- 77Gerani ChaniaΓεράνι1,189
- 77KolymvariΚολυμβαρίου1,109
- 78VoukoliesΒουκολιών1,007
- 77PlataniasΠλατανιά979
- 76TavronitisΤαυρωνίτου973
- 77AlikianosΑλικιανού825
- 76MalemeΜάλεμε710
- 77Vatolakko ChaniaΒατολάκκου661
- 77SkinesΣκινέ621
- 77FournesΦουρνέ576
- 77KamissianaΚαμισιανών557
- 77KontomarioΚοντομαρίου539
- 77Spilia ChanionΣπηλιάς437
- 77RodoposΡοδωπού391
- 77Vrysses KydoniasΒρυσών Κυδωνίας373
- 77MesklaΜεσκλών353
- 77Modi ChanionΜοδίου327
- 78Palea RoumataΠαλαιών Ρουμάτων314
- 77KalydoniaΚαλυδονίας290
- 77LakkiΛάκκων270
- 77VouvesΒουβών265
- 77Chrysavgi ChanionΧρυσαυγής219
- 78Episkopi ChaniaΕπισκοπής218
- 77ManoliopouloΜανολιοπούλου217
- 78NochiaΝοχιών214
- 77SirilioΣιριλίου210
- 77Neo Chorio KydoniasΝέου Χωρίου Κυδωνίας197
- 77KyparissosΚυπαρίσσου171
- 77PolemarchioΠολεμαρχίου170
- 77XamoudochoriΞαμουδοχωρίου163
- 77PsathoyannosΨαθογιάννου159
- 77VlacheronitissaΒλαχερωνιτίσσης152
- 78GlossaΓλώσσης151
- 77KoufosΚουφού149
- 77ZounakioΖουνακίου138
- 78PrassesΠρασέ138
- 77AfrataΑφράτων137
- 78RavdouchaΡαβδούχας120
- 77DrakonaΔρακόνας117
- 78DelianaΔελιανών114
- 78Kares KissamouΚαρών Κισσάμου110
- 78DeresΝτερέ107
- 77OrthounioΟρθουνίου94
- 78SebronasΣέμπρωνα92
- 78KakopetrosΚακοπέτρου89
- 78PanethimosΠανεθήμου89
- 77KaranosΚαράνου88
- 78AnoskeliΑνώσκελης79
- 78Vasilopoulo ChaniaΒασιλοπούλου76
- 77NerianaΝεριανών68
- 78ZybragosΖυμπραγού62
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
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Questions people ask
Is Platanias safe?
Platanias (Πλατανιάς) scores 77 out of 100 for violent crime on SafetyMap — below-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 Platanias is. That works out to about 322 property offences and 44.4 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Platanias safe at night?
Platanias is among the lower-crime areas of Greece, and the usual precautions — well-lit streets, valuables out of sight — are enough after dark.
How does Platanias compare with the rest of Chania?
Platanias scores 77 out of 100 for violent crime, against 66 for Chania as a whole — safer than its surroundings.