By type of crime
- 33Overall safety
- 34Property crime
- 31Violent crime
Rigillis scores 33 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Rigillis has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Athens's rate — Athens scores 25 for overall safety — and the 8 points between them come from how the model shares Athens's total out, not from anything measured in Rigillis. An estimated 1,904 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 Rigillis is actually like
Rigillis is barely a neighbourhood — it is a short, grand street and its surroundings between Kolonaki, the National Garden and Vasilissis Sofias, holding the Athens Conservatory, the Army General Staff compound and some of the most expensive addresses in the city. There are almost no shops and very few residents relative to its footprint; it is embassies, ministries, institutions and a great deal of protected greenery.
After dark
Silent and heavily watched. Military and diplomatic security means a permanent uniformed presence and good lighting on every approach. There is nowhere to eat late, so you walk into Kolonaki or down to Syntagma.
What to watch for
- Standing military and diplomatic security around the Army General Staff compound — do not photograph the installations
- Nothing open for food or help after about 9pm; the nearest late-night streets are in Kolonaki
- Protests and marches on Vasilissis Sofias periodically close the area and draw riot police
Staying here
If you can afford it, this is as safe and central as Athens gets, with Syntagma, the Zappeion, the Panathenaic Stadium and the Acropolis all walkable. The wrong choice if you want life on your doorstep.
Reputation against reality. Best thought of as the institutional edge of Kolonaki rather than a district in its own right; safety commentary about Kolonaki applies to it directly.
Streets and squares: Rigillis · Vasilissis Sofias · Irodou Attikou · Lykeiou · Vasileos Konstantinou
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Questions people ask
Is Rigillis safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Rigillis (Ρηγίλλης) at 33 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, since there are no police figures for Rigillis itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,500 property and 180 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “A good place to stay”.
Is Rigillis safe at night?+
Silent and heavily watched. Military and diplomatic security means a permanent uniformed presence and good lighting on every approach. There is nowhere to eat late, so you walk into Kolonaki or down to Syntagma.
How does Rigillis compare with the rest of Athens?+
Rigillis has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Athens's rate — Athens scores 25 for overall safety — and the 8 points between them come from how the model shares Athens's total out, not from anything measured in Rigillis.