Crime and safety in East Attica
Ανατολική Αττική · Regional unit
Estimate apportioned from Attica — how it is madeBy type of crime
- 47Overall safety
- 43Property crime
- 52Violent crime
East Attica scores 47 out of 100 (apportioned from Attica's figures, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 502,348 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
Updated · police figures: Eurostat 2021–2024 · What's new
Written guides in East Attica: Is Koropi safe?
East Attica in the police figures
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so East Attica's figures are Attica's, apportioned to it with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025 — an estimate, not a count for East Attica. The totals below are its apportioned share; the table's breakdown by offence is Attica's, the yearly mean of 2021–2024.
On its apportioned figures, East Attica ranks 46th of Greece's 52 regional units for overall safety, counting from the safest, at 47 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Property crime: an estimated 989 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 33% above the rate for Greece as a whole, 744. Violent crime: an estimated 95 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 5% below the rate for Greece as a whole, 101.
Its nearest regional units, for overall safety: North Athens 42, Central Athens 29, West Athens 36, South Athens 54, West Attica 27, and Euboea 56. East Attica is 7 points above their average of 41.
| Offence | Attica | Greece | Against Greece | Rank of 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 165 | 127 | +30% | 42 |
| Theft | 1,076 | 617 | +74% | 46 |
| of which vehicle theft | 288 | 166 | +73% | 46 |
| Property crime, total | 1,241 | 744 | +67% | 45 |
| Assault | 89 | 74 | +20% | 37 |
| Robbery | 55 | 26 | 2.1× | 46 |
| Intentional homicide | 0.9 | 0.8 | +11% | 28 |
| Violent crime, total | 145 | 101 | +44% | 45 |
Rank among the 46 areas Eurostat reports — the 45 regional units outside Attica and Attica as a whole — 1 being the lowest rate. Homicides are so few that a single case moves a small unit's rate a long way.
Is crime rising or falling in East Attica?
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so these are Attica's yearly figures, not East Attica's own: offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents, 2021 to 2024.
Property crime: 1,112 in 2021 and 1,214 in 2024, up 9%; Greece as a whole went from 680 to 716, up 5%. Violent crime: 141 in 2021 and 144 in 2024, about the same; Greece as a whole went from 96 to 96, about the same.
| Year | Property crime | Violent crime | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attica | Greece | Attica | Greece | |
| 2021 | 1,112 | 680 | 141 | 96 |
| 2022 | 1,353 | 803 | 142 | 103 |
| 2023 | 1,285 | 775 | 152 | 108 |
| 2024 | 1,214 | 716 | 144 | 96 |
A regional unit's yearly rate moves with a handful of cases, and it is divided by residents, not visitors. That is why the score uses the mean of all 4 years.
Municipalities in East Attica
13 places, by overall safety
Safest
Most crime
All municipalities, largest first
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
Neighbouring regional units
Questions people ask
Is East Attica safe?+
SafetyMap estimates East Attica (Ανατολική Αττική) at 47 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 Attica's police-recorded offence rate (Eurostat, 2021–2024), apportioned to East Attica with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 990 property and 95 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is East Attica safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for East Attica: the police data behind the score are yearly totals that do not say when offences happen, so its 47 out of 100 is for day and night alike.
How does East Attica compare with the rest of Greece?+
On its apportioned figures, East Attica ranks 46th of Greece's 52 regional units for overall safety, counting from the safest, at 47 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Its nearest regional units, for overall safety: North Athens 42, Central Athens 29, West Athens 36, South Athens 54, West Attica 27, and Euboea 56. East Attica is 7 points above their average of 41.