Agios Elevtherios scores 31 out of 100 for violent crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 8,652 people at 16,579 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 Agios Elevtherios is actually like
A northern district on Leoforos Ionias, settled in 1902 by farming families and once a summer retreat for well-off Athenians. The ISAP station opened in 1961 and turned it into an ordinary urban suburb, but it kept a mix of single-family houses among 1970s and 80s blocks. The landmark is the rebuilt church of Agios Elevtherios; it is otherwise a self-contained residential area with its own shops and schools and a significant migrant population.
After dark
Normal residential quiet with Line 1 running late; no square or strip that draws trouble, and none of the district appears in the current police operational plan.
What to watch for
- Chain-snatching at Agios Eleftherios ISAP station, which was on the list of stations worked by the gang broken up with 21 arrests
- Poorly lit stretches along the rail corridor and towards the national road
- The commercial ends of Leoforos Ionias after shop-closing
Staying here
Reasonable for a long stay or a family visit: Line 1, real neighbourhood life, prices well under the centre. Not a sightseeing base, at twenty-five minutes plus from the Acropolis.
Reputation against reality. Caught by blanket 'northern Patisia' warnings it does not deserve. This is a station suburb with houses and gardens, further from the problems of Kato Patisia than the shared name suggests.
Streets and squares: Leoforos Ionias · Agiou Eleftheriou church · Chalkidos · Perissou
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Questions people ask
Is Agios Elevtherios safe?
Agios Elevtherios (Άγιος Ελευθέριος) scores 31 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 Agios Elevtherios is. That works out to about 1,832 property offences and 175.4 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Agios Elevtherios safe at night?
Agios Elevtherios 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 Agios Elevtherios compare with the rest of Athens?
Agios Elevtherios scores 31 out of 100 for violent crime, against 23 for Athens as a whole — safer than its surroundings.