By type of crime
- 35Overall safety
- 25Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Makrygianni scores 35 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Makrygianni has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Athens's rate — Athens scores 25 for overall safety — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Makrygianni. An estimated 929 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 Makrygianni is actually like
Makrygianni is the small wedge directly south of the Acropolis, between the Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou and the Temple of Olympian Zeus. It has become the city's polished hotel quarter - rooftop bars with Parthenon views, boutique hotels, good restaurants - while keeping enough residential streets to feel like a neighbourhood. The Acropolis metro station is its northern edge and Koukaki begins where the visitor-facing streets peter out.
After dark
Well lit, well used and quiet in the right way: people walking back from dinner rather than drinking on the street. Dionysiou Areopagitou on its northern boundary stays busy into the small hours.
What to watch for
- Pickpocketing along Dionysiou Areopagitou and in the Acropolis Museum and site queues - inside the police 'first sector'
- The Acropolis police district, which covers this area, recorded the highest count of thefts and burglaries in Attica in 2025 at 1,880
- The July 2026 knife attack on two tourists happened at the south site entrance, opposite the Acropolis Museum, on this neighbourhood's edge
- Hotel-booking fraud is reported for listings advertised as Makrygianni, Plaka, Koukaki and Kolonaki - book through established channels
Staying here
One of the best all-round bases in Athens, especially for couples, older travellers and museum-focused trips. You pay for the location. Budget travellers and anyone wanting local-feeling streets should walk two blocks further into Koukaki.
Reputation against reality. Makrygianni and Koukaki are sold interchangeably and are not the same: Makrygianni is the visitor-facing strip around the museum, Koukaki the residential neighbourhood behind it. Travellers who booked 'Koukaki' expecting local tavernas and landed on the museum side of the line are usually describing Makrygianni.
Streets and squares: Dionysiou Areopagitou · Acropolis Museum · Acropolis metro station · Hadrian's Arch / Temple of Olympian Zeus
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Questions people ask
Is Makrygianni safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Makrygianni (Μακρυγιάννη) at 35 out of 100 for overall safety — above-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 Athens, adjusted for documented local reporting about Makrygianni; there are no police figures for Makrygianni itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 2,200 property and 120 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “A good place to stay”.
Is Makrygianni safe at night?+
Well lit, well used and quiet in the right way: people walking back from dinner rather than drinking on the street. Dionysiou Areopagitou on its northern boundary stays busy into the small hours.
How does Makrygianni compare with the rest of Athens?+
Makrygianni has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Athens's rate — Athens scores 25 for overall safety — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Makrygianni.