Vryoni scores 37 out of 100 for violent crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 4,280 people at 13,556 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 Vryoni is actually like
A small central district at the start of Iroon Polytechniou, wedged between Terpsithea and Ydraiika and running toward Freattyda, with Sachtouri as its boundary. It sits above Akti Miaouli by the port exhibition hall, minutes from the cruise and ferry frontage. The name comes from Ioannis Vryonis, a merchant who arrived from the Russian east in the late 19th century and built a landmark house with a gothic clock dome. Today it is purely residential with shops and offices.
After dark
Central enough that people move through at all hours between the port and Pasalimani, and overlooked by apartments. Nothing documented here in 2024-26.
Staying here
One of the better-kept secrets for a ferry night: residential calm, a short flat walk to Akti Miaouli and the terminals, five minutes to Dimotiko Theatro metro. Little hotel choice, so book early.
Streets and squares: Iroon Polytechniou · Sachtouri · Akti Miaouli
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Questions people ask
Is Vryoni safe?
Vryoni (Βρυώνη) scores 37 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 Vryoni is. That works out to about 1,459 property offences and 148 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Vryoni safe at night?
Vryoni 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 Vryoni compare with the rest of Piraeus?
Vryoni scores 37 out of 100 for violent crime, against 36 for Piraeus as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.