SafetyMap
Loading the Greece safety map…

Crime and safety in Corinthia

Κορινθία · Regional unit

Measured: police-recorded offence rate
55/100

By type of crime

Corinthia scores 55 out of 100 (police-recorded offences, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 145,082 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

Corinthia in the police figures

Eurostat publishes the offences recorded by the Hellenic Police in each regional unit. The figures here are the yearly mean of 2021–2024, per 100,000 residents, next to the rate for Greece as a whole.

For overall safety, Corinthia ranks 38th of Greece's 52 regional units, counting from the safest, at 55 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Property crime: 762 offences per 100,000 residents a year, close to the rate for Greece as a whole, 744. Violent crime: 71 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 29% below the rate for Greece as a whole, 101. Against the Greek rate, its highest is burglary (+46%) and its lowest robbery (−79%).

Its nearest regional units, for overall safety: Argolis and Arcadia 65, Boeotia 60, West Attica 27, Piraeus and the Islands 40, Achaea 55, and Phocis 66. Corinthia is 3 points above their average of 52.

Offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents a year, mean of 2021–2024 (Eurostat, crim_gen_reg).
OffenceCorinthiaGreeceAgainst GreeceRank of 46
Burglary185127+46%44
Theft577617−7%44
of which vehicle theft125166−25%37
Property crime, total762744≈ 0%44
Assault6574−12%27
Robbery5.426−79%32
Intentional homicide0.20.8−77%8
Violent crime, total71101−29%27

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 Corinthia?

Each year Eurostat publishes for Greece, 2021 to 2024: offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents.

Property crime: 588 in 2021 and 985 in 2024, up 68%; Greece as a whole went from 680 to 716, up 5%. Violent crime: 59 in 2021 and 69 in 2024, up 17%; Greece as a whole went from 96 to 96, about the same.

Offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents, by year (Eurostat, crim_gen_reg).
YearProperty crimeViolent crime
CorinthiaGreeceCorinthiaGreece
20215886805996
202268680373103
202378977584108
20249857166996

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 Corinthia

6 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.

Questions people ask

Is Corinthia safe?

Corinthia (Κορινθία) scores 55 out of 100 for overall safety on SafetyMap — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the Greek average. That is based on police-recorded offence rates reported to Eurostat for 2021–2024. That works out to about 762 property offences and 71 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.

Is Corinthia safe at night?

SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Corinthia: the police data behind the score are yearly totals that do not say when offences happen, so its 55 out of 100 is for day and night alike.

How does Corinthia compare with the rest of Greece?

For overall safety, Corinthia ranks 38th of Greece's 52 regional units, counting from the safest, at 55 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Its nearest regional units, for overall safety: Argolis and Arcadia 65, Boeotia 60, West Attica 27, Piraeus and the Islands 40, Achaea 55, and Phocis 66. Corinthia is 3 points above their average of 52.

How the scores work · SafetyMap home