By type of crime
- 48Overall safety
- 47Property crime
- 50Violent crime
Dafni-Ymittos scores 48 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 33,628 people (2021 census), 13,358 per km².
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 Dafni-Ymittos is actually like
Dafni-Ymittos is a compact, densely built municipality of 33,886 people (2021) on just 2.35 km², formed in 2011 by merging Dafni and Ymittos. Dafni, the seat and the larger half, is an inner suburb 2 km south of the Acropolis whose streets run straight on into Athens, Nea Smyrni and Agios Dimitrios; Vouliagmenis Avenue is its main road to the centre and Dafni station is on Metro Line 2. A 2025 food guide describes busy shopping streets, cafes and squares shared by students, families and long-standing residents, with restaurants on the pedestrianised Agias Varvaras. Ymittos sits at the foot of the mountain of the same name, next to Vyronas and Ilioupoli, and the PYRKAL factory grounds take up a large part of it. Laikimap lists weekly markets on Wednesdays (Eleftheriou Venizelou) and Saturdays (Othonos) in Dafni and Thursdays (Eleftheroton) in Kalykopoieio; the streets rotate.
After dark
Evenings centre on Dafni's eating and drinking streets: the Agias Varvaras pedestrian street and the bars on Megalou Alexandrou and Ipirou, where DJs play in the evenings. Trouble is occasional: in July 2025, shortly before 11pm, a fight among teenagers at a food outlet opposite Agios Ioannis metro station left a member of staff who stepped in with a stomach wound, and a 16-year-old carrying a knife was arrested.
What to watch for
- Robberies of lone shop staff: over at least a month up to late June 2025 a man robbed kiosks, convenience shops and pharmacies staffed by one person, using a knife or force; police tied 11 robberies in Dafni, Neos Kosmos, Nea Smyrni and Agios Dimitrios to him, including three in a few days on the same worker at the kiosk on Kalogiron Square. Two men were arrested on 30 June 2025
- Chain snatching: on the afternoon of 9 September 2026 two teenagers aged 15 and 17 pulled a gold chain from a woman's neck in Dafni and she was hurt when she fell; an off-duty police officer caught them, and they were linked to two more snatches, from a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old, on 8 and 9 September
- A late-evening fight near Agios Ioannis metro station: on 16 July 2025, shortly before 11pm, a brawl among minors at a food outlet opposite the station left a 28-year-old employee injured by a sharp object; police detained a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old
Staying here
A reasonable base if you want an ordinary Athens neighbourhood rather than the tourist centre. Choose Dafni, close to Dafni station on Line 2 and the restaurants of Agias Varvaras, where the streets are busy. Ymittos, at the foot of the mountain beside Vyronas and Ilioupoli, suits people moving to the area more than short-stay visitors.
Streets and squares: Vouliagmenis Avenue · Kalogiron Square · Agias Varvaras (pedestrian street) · Megalou Alexandrou · Agios Ioannis metro station · Eleftheriou Venizelou · Othonos
Sources
- Wikipedia - Dafni-Ymittos
- Wikipedia - Dafni, Attica
- Wikipedia (Greek) - Ymittos, Attica
- NouPou - Going out in Dafni: food and drink in a surprise neighbourhood (March 2025) · March 29, 2025
- Ta Nea - Robbery gang behind 11 hits on shops: arrests by the Dafni-Ymittos crime unit (July 2025) · July 2, 2025
- Ta Nea - Off-duty police officer arrests two minors for a robbery in Dafni (September 2026) · September 11, 2026
- Protothema - Brawl among minors in Dafni: 28-year-old injured, 16-year-old with a knife arrested (July 2025) · July 17, 2025
- Laikimap - Farmers' markets (laiki) in Dafni-Ymittos
Districts in Dafni-Ymittos
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The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
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Questions people ask
Is Dafni-Ymittos safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Dafni-Ymittos (Δάφνη-Υμηττός) at 48 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 police-recorded offence rate of its regional unit (Eurostat, 2021–2024), apportioned by how built-up Dafni-Ymittos is and by documented local reporting. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 850 property and 100 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Dafni-Ymittos safe at night?+
Evenings centre on Dafni's eating and drinking streets: the Agias Varvaras pedestrian street and the bars on Megalou Alexandrou and Ipirou, where DJs play in the evenings. Trouble is occasional: in July 2025, shortly before 11pm, a fight among teenagers at a food outlet opposite Agios Ioannis metro station left a member of staff who stepped in with a stomach wound, and a 16-year-old carrying a knife was arrested.
How does Dafni-Ymittos compare with the rest of Central Athens?+
Dafni-Ymittos is estimated at 48 out of 100 for overall safety, against 29 for Central Athens as a whole — safer than its surroundings.