By type of crime
- 51Overall safety
- 57Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Tabahana scores 51 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Tabahana has no police figures of its own, so its estimate is Patras's: both score 51 for overall safety. An estimated 537 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 Tabahana is actually like
An old working quarter on the transition between the upper and lower city, its name from the Turkish tabakhane, the tanneries that once worked here. It borders Panagia Alexiotissa and runs into Sinora, Marouda, Glaraki, Pagona, Drosia and Aroi, and today is ordinary low-rise Patras: small apartment blocks, workshops, kafeneia and long-settled families, with cheap rents drawing students and newcomers. Visitors have no particular reason to come except to walk between Ano Poli and the centre. Against the polished squares below it is scruffier and more lived-in; against Prosfygika or Zarouchleika it carries none of the same documented policing attention.
After dark
Quiet and residential. The streets are narrow and lighting is uneven in places, and there is little late footfall once the kafeneia close, which makes it feel emptier than it is risky. No incident or patrol reporting in the 2024-2026 record names Tabahana specifically.
What to watch for
- Narrow, poorly lit connecting lanes on the climb toward the upper town
- Empty and semi-derelict buildings on the older blocks
Staying here
Only if you want cheap and central and do not mind a plain street. There is little formal accommodation. For an early Italy ferry it is workable but you will want a taxi to the South Port; nothing here is walkable to the Italy gates.
Reputation against reality. No documented crime reputation either way — it is one of the genuinely unremarkable inner quarters that guides never mention.
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Questions people ask
Is Tabahana safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Tabahana (Ταμπάχανα) at 51 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 Tabahana itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 560 property and 120 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Fine by day, care after dark”.
Is Tabahana safe at night?+
Quiet and residential. The streets are narrow and lighting is uneven in places, and there is little late footfall once the kafeneia close, which makes it feel emptier than it is risky. No incident or patrol reporting in the 2024-2026 record names Tabahana specifically.
How does Tabahana compare with the rest of Patras?+
Tabahana has no police figures of its own, so its estimate is Patras's: both score 51 for overall safety.