Crime and safety in Kavala and Thasos
Θάσος, Καβάλα · Regional unit
Measured: police-recorded offence rateBy type of crime
- 76Overall safety
- 78Property crime
- 74Violent crime
Kavala and Thasos scores 76 out of 100 (police-recorded offences, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — below-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 138,687 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
Kavala and Thasos 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, Kavala and Thasos rank 15th of Greece's 52 regional units, counting from the safest, at 76 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Property crime: 222 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 70% below the rate for Greece as a whole, 744. Violent crime: 48 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 52% below the rate for Greece as a whole, 101. Against the Greek rate, their highest is assault (−40%) and their lowest robbery (−91%).
Their nearest regional units, for overall safety: Drama 91, Xanthi 66, Serres 73, Rhodope 72, Chalkidiki 50, and Thessaloniki 41. Kavala and Thasos are 11 points above their average of 65.
| Offence | Kavala and Thasos | Greece | Against Greece | Rank of 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 29 | 127 | −77% | 14 |
| Theft | 193 | 617 | −69% | 24 |
| of which vehicle theft | 99 | 166 | −40% | 32 |
| Property crime, total | 222 | 744 | −70% | 25 |
| Assault | 45 | 74 | −40% | 12 |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 26 | −91% | 17 |
| Intentional homicide | 1 | 0.8 | +25% | 32 |
| Violent crime, total | 48 | 101 | −52% | 11 |
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 Kavala and Thasos?
Each year Eurostat publishes for Greece, 2021 to 2024: offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents.
Property crime: 228 in 2021 and 167 in 2024, down 27%; Greece as a whole went from 680 to 716, up 5%. Violent crime: 37 in 2021 and 48 in 2024, up 28%; Greece as a whole went from 96 to 96, about the same.
| Year | Property crime | Violent crime | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kavala and Thasos | Greece | Kavala and Thasos | Greece | |
| 2021 | 228 | 680 | 37 | 96 |
| 2022 | 268 | 803 | 61 | 103 |
| 2023 | 227 | 775 | 47 | 108 |
| 2024 | 167 | 716 | 48 | 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 Kavala and Thasos
4 places, by overall safety
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
Are Kavala and Thasos safe?+
Kavala and Thasos (Θάσος, Καβάλα) scores 76 out of 100 for overall safety on SafetyMap — below-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 222 property offences and 48.1 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Are Kavala and Thasos safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Kavala and Thasos: the police data behind the score are yearly totals that do not say when offences happen, so its 76 out of 100 is for day and night alike.
How do Kavala and Thasos compare with the rest of Greece?+
For overall safety, Kavala and Thasos rank 15th of Greece's 52 regional units, counting from the safest, at 76 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Their nearest regional units, for overall safety: Drama 91, Xanthi 66, Serres 73, Rhodope 72, Chalkidiki 50, and Thessaloniki 41. Kavala and Thasos are 11 points above their average of 65.