By type of crime
- 53Overall safety
- 47Property crime
- 58Violent crime
Kastelocampos scores 53 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Kastelocampos has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Patras's rate — Patras scores 51 for overall safety — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Kastelocampos. An estimated 3,045 people live there: the 2021 census counts the surrounding community as a whole, and this is its share by area.
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
Updated · police figures: Eurostat 2021–2024 · What's new
What Kastelocampos is actually like
A northern suburb about 8 km from the centre by road, bordering Rio, Proastio and Dafnes and the University of Patras campus. This is the heart of the university and hospital belt: campus buildings and student housing on one side, the coast road and a strip of detached houses, apartments and seafront tavernas on the other, with a resident mix of academics, staff, students and commuting families. People come for the campus, the beach and the tavernas. Against Rio next door it is quieter and more residential; against Proastio it is more institutional. Its documented problem is burglary of houses. Patras city buses run here: route 606 (Proastio - Kastellokampos - Porto Rio).
After dark
Campus and student housing keep some activity going; the residential lanes and the seafront are quiet, and lighting off the main roads is limited. Kastelokampos is named in police data as a consistently high-risk zone for residential burglaries, and a police operation targeting drugs covered Rio and Kastelokampos.
What to watch for
- Residential burglary — Kastelokampos is on the police high-risk list
- Daytime break-ins while residents are at work, the documented pattern
- Unlit residential lanes and the coast road away from the tavernas
- Bags and laptops on campus and around student housing
Staying here
Reasonable if you have university or hospital business, with rooms and apartments along the coast. Poor for an early Italy ferry: you are 8 km north of the centre and about 12 km from the South Port gates.
Streets and squares: University of Patras campus
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Kastelocampos safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Kastelocampos (Καστελόκαμπος) at 53 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, adjusted for documented local reporting about Kastelocampos; there are no police figures for Kastelocampos itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 840 property and 78 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Kastelocampos safe at night?+
Campus and student housing keep some activity going; the residential lanes and the seafront are quiet, and lighting off the main roads is limited. Kastelokampos is named in police data as a consistently high-risk zone for residential burglaries, and a police operation targeting drugs covered Rio and Kastelokampos.
How does Kastelocampos compare with the rest of Patras?+
Kastelocampos has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Patras's rate — Patras scores 51 for overall safety — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Kastelocampos.