Violent crime in Central Athens
Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών · Regional unit
Modelled estimate — how it is madeCentral Athens scores 27 out of 100 for violent crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 1,029,520 people.
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.
Municipalities in Central Athens
8 places, by violent crime
All municipalities, largest first
- 23AthensΑθήνα664,046
- 39IlioupoliΗλιούπολη78,153
- 37ZografouΖωγράφου71,026
- 39VyronasΒύρωνας61,308
- 36GalatsiΓαλάτσι59,345
- 23Nea Filadelfeia-ChalkidonaΝέα Φιλαδέλφεια-Νέα Χαλκηδόνα35,556
- 50Dafni-YmittosΔάφνη-Υμηττός33,628
- 43KaisarianiΚαισαριανή26,458
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
Neighbouring regional units
Questions people ask
Is Central Athens safe?
Central Athens (Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών) scores 27 out of 100 for violent 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 Central Athens is. That works out to about 2,041 property offences and 199.7 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Central Athens safe at night?
Central Athens 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 Central Athens compare with the rest of Greece?
Central Athens scores 27 out of 100 for violent crime, on a scale where 50 is the Greek national offence rate.