Rethymno scores 67 out of 100 for violent crime — below-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 55,525 people at 141 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 Rethymno
47 places, by violent crime
All districts, largest first
- 67RethymnoΡέθυμνο34,300
- 67AtsipopouloΑτσιποπούλου4,947
- 68AdeleΆδελε1,415
- 68PagalochoriΠαγκαλοχωρίου969
- 67PrinesΠρινέ884
- 68GeranioΓερανίου883
- 68ChamalevriΧαμαλευρίου877
- 68Pigi RethymnouΠηγής857
- 68Episkopi RethymnisΕπισκοπής755
- 67ArmeniΑρμένων706
- 68ErfiΈρφων662
- 68Prinos RethymnisΠρίνου660
- 67RoussospitiΡουσσοσπιτίου569
- 68MaroulasΜαρουλά547
- 68GoniaΓωνιάς534
- 68ArgyroupoliΑργυρούπολη403
- 68ChromonastiriΧρομοναστηρίου391
- 68Mesi RethymnouΜέσης388
- 68KyriannaΚυριάννας348
- 68MyriokefalaΜυριοκεφάλων309
- 68Frantzeskiana MetochiaΦραντζεσκιανών Μετοχίων250
- 68ArchontikiΑρχοντικής244
- 68KalonyktisΚαλονύκτου222
- 68AmnatosΑμνάτου218
- 68RoustikaΡουστίκων203
- 68Aghios KonstantinosΑγίου Κωνσταντίνου200
- 68Kato ValsamoneroΚάτω Βαλσαμονέρου193
- 67KaresΚαρές192
- 68KarotiΚαρωτής191
- 68ElefthernaΕλευθέρνης189
- 68SelliΣελλίου184
- 68MountrosΜούντρου179
- 67KoumiΚούμων172
- 68SkouloufiaΣκουλουφίων160
- 67MalakiaΜαλακίων138
- 67VilandredoΒιλανδρέδου134
- 68PrassiesΠρασιών133
- 68KoufiΚούφης127
- 68Archea ElefthernaΑρχαίας Ελεύθερνας115
- 67KastellosΚαστέλλου108
- 67Ano ValsamoneroΆνω Βαλσαμονέρου107
- 67GouledianaΓουλεδιανών106
- 67SaitouresΣαϊτουρών105
- 68CharkiaΧαρκίων78
- 68ZouridioΖουριδίου66
- 68OrosΌρους54
- 68Kato PorosΚάτω Πόρου53
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 Rethymno safe?
Rethymno (Ρέθυμνο) scores 67 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 Rethymno is and by documented local reporting. That works out to about 290 property offences and 59.2 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Rethymno safe at night?
Rethymno 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 Rethymno compare with the rest of Rethymno?
Rethymno scores 67 out of 100 for violent crime, against 59 for Rethymno as a whole — safer than its surroundings.