By type of crime
- 63Overall safety
- 67Property crime
- 59Violent crime
Drepano scores 63 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Drepano has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 51 for overall safety — and the 12 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Drepano. It is home to about 541 people (2021 census).
The score is absolute, not a ranking: 50 is the offence rate of Greece as a whole and every doubling of the rate costs the same points, so any two places compare directly. How the scores are made
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What Drepano is actually like
A coastal community of the Rio municipal unit on the cape of the same name, about 7 km north-east of Rio and 13 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 451 residents at the 2021 census. The cape, named since antiquity for its sickle shape, carries a stone lighthouse built in 1880, destroyed in the Second World War and back in service after 1945, and a Geometric-period cemetery has been excavated in the village. Cape Drepano is a windsurfing and kitesurfing spot: the wind usually blows from the east in the morning and swings to the north-west after midday, and the local windsurfing club has run a kitesurf festival here. Beaches, tavernas and summer houses; an arrest for theft here appeared in a 2026 police bulletin. No Patras city bus runs here, and the nearest street market in the municipal regulation is Rio's, on Tuesday mornings.
After dark
Quiet, with summer shore activity and near-silence otherwise. Unlit stretches on the coast road. No located incidents beyond a routine theft arrest.
What to watch for
- Kitesurfers and windsurfers off the cape, where the wind swings from east to north-west around midday — a wind-sports spot rather than a casual swimming one
- Empty holiday houses out of season
- Unlit coast road at night
Staying here
Good for a quiet summer seaside stay with a car and the lighthouse walk. Far from the Italy ferry gates — not a base for an early sailing.
Streets and squares: Drepano lighthouse and cape
Sources
- Wikipedia (el) - Drepano, Achaia
- Peloponnisos - Achaia: 4 cases in the police bulletin, thefts and arrests in Patras, Drepano and Kalavryta
- ELSTAT - 2021 census: resident population by settlement (xlsx, 29 Mar 2024)
- OpenStreetMap - Drepano (place node)
- OpenStreetMap - Plateia Georgiou A', Patras
- Lighthouses of Greece (faroi.com) - Drepano lighthouse, Rio, Achaia
- Patrasinfo - Cape Drepano: kite surf
- Astiko KTEL Patras - Bus lines
- Diavgeia - Municipality of Patras, decision 98/2020: regulation for the operation of street markets
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Drepano safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Drepano (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Δρεπάνου) at 63 out of 100 for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the Greek average. It is a modelled estimate, not a count of crimes recorded there: it comes from the estimate for Patras, since there are no police figures for Drepano itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 360 property and 77 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Drepano safe at night?+
Quiet, with summer shore activity and near-silence otherwise. Unlit stretches on the coast road. No located incidents beyond a routine theft arrest.
How does Drepano compare with the rest of Patras?+
Drepano has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 51 for overall safety — and the 12 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Drepano.