By type of crime
- 51Overall safety
- 56Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Vlatero 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. Vlatero has no police figures of its own, so its estimate is Patras's: both score 51 for overall safety. An estimated 1,330 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 Vlatero is actually like
One of the oldest quarters of Patras, on the threshold between the upper and lower city, its name from the Latin blattea, the purple dye used for precious fabrics — Byzantine workshops connected with the celebrated Danielis worked here. Today it is a small, steep, densely built residential pocket of old houses and modest blocks on the slope, with long-settled families and very little commerce, and it is one of the routes walkers take between the centre and Ano Poli. Against Tabahana, its counterpart on the same threshold, it is older and steeper; against the squares below it is markedly quieter and less maintained.
After dark
Quiet and empty. Narrow, steep, stepped streets with thin lighting and no late footfall, and the same pattern of neglected plots and vacant buildings that affects the upper city generally. The caution is about isolation and footing on the climb rather than any documented incident — nothing in the 2024-2026 record names Vlatero.
What to watch for
- Steep stepped lanes with thin lighting on the climb between the lower and upper city
- Derelict buildings and overgrown plots on the slope
- Poor footing on old paving at night
Staying here
Little formal accommodation, but the odd short let exists and you are within walking distance of both the centre and Ano Poli. Not a base for an early Italy ferry — the South Port gates are 4-5 km away and you are uphill.
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Questions people ask
Is Vlatero safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Vlatero (Βλατερό) 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 Vlatero 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 Vlatero safe at night?+
Quiet and empty. Narrow, steep, stepped streets with thin lighting and no late footfall, and the same pattern of neglected plots and vacant buildings that affects the upper city generally. The caution is about isolation and footing on the climb rather than any documented incident — nothing in the 2024-2026 record names Vlatero.
How does Vlatero compare with the rest of Patras?+
Vlatero has no police figures of its own, so its estimate is Patras's: both score 51 for overall safety.