Hersonissos scores 69 out of 100 for violent crime — below-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 26,717 people at 98 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 Hersonissos
22 places, by violent crime
All districts, largest first
- 64Limenas HersonissouΛιμένας Χερσονήσου3,815
- 78Anopoli PediadosΑνωπόλεως3,604
- 49MaliaΜάλια3,224
- 64HersonissosΧερσόνησος3,165
- 78GouvesΓουβών3,031
- 78MochosΜοχού2,062
- 77ElaiaΕλαίας1,936
- 78Kato VathiaΚάτω Βαθείας1,357
- 78EpiskopiΕπισκοπής1,209
- 77SgourokefalioΣγουροκεφαλίου474
- 78PotamiesΠοταμιών414
- 78Gonies PediadosΓωνιών Πεδιάδος401
- 78AvdouΑβδού357
- 78Kalo ChorioΚαλού Χωρίου290
- 77AitaniaΑϊτανίων280
- 78Epano VathiaΕπάνω Βαθείας224
- 78Kenourgio ChorioΚαινούργιου Χωρίου206
- 78KoxariΚόξαρης199
- 77KrassioΚρασίου147
- 78GalifaΓαλίφας122
- 78KeraΚεράς110
- 78CharassoΧαράσου90
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 Hersonissos safe?
Hersonissos (Χερσόνησος) scores 69 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 Hersonissos is. That works out to about 451 property offences and 56.3 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Hersonissos safe at night?
Hersonissos 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 Hersonissos compare with the rest of Heraklion?
Hersonissos scores 69 out of 100 for violent crime, against 62 for Heraklion as a whole — safer than its surroundings.