By type of crime
- 41Overall safety
- 36Property crime
- 46Violent crime
Thessaloniki scores 41 out of 100 (police-recorded offences, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 1,110,551 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
Written guides in Thessaloniki: Is Thessaloniki safe? · Is Kordelio-Evosmos safe? · Is Pavlos Melas safe? · Is Kalamaria safe? · Is Neapoli-Sykies safe?
Thessaloniki 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, Thessaloniki ranks 48th of Greece's 52 regional units, counting from the safest, at 41 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Property crime: 1,379 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 85% above the rate for Greece as a whole, 744. Violent crime: 112 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 11% above the rate for Greece as a whole, 101. Against the Greek rate, its highest is burglary (2.6×) and its lowest assault (≈ 0%).
Its nearest regional units, for overall safety: Kilkis 77, Chalkidiki 50, Serres 73, Pieria 88, Imathia 77, and Pella 76. Thessaloniki is 32 points below their average of 73.
| Offence | Thessaloniki | Greece | Against Greece | Rank of 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 333 | 127 | 2.6× | 46 |
| Theft | 1,047 | 617 | +70% | 45 |
| of which vehicle theft | 209 | 166 | +25% | 44 |
| Property crime, total | 1,379 | 744 | +85% | 46 |
| Assault | 76 | 74 | ≈ 0% | 32 |
| Robbery | 35 | 26 | +37% | 45 |
| Intentional homicide | 0.9 | 0.8 | +19% | 30 |
| Violent crime, total | 112 | 101 | +11% | 41 |
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 Thessaloniki?
Each year Eurostat publishes for Greece, 2021 to 2024: offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents.
Property crime: 1,324 in 2021 and 1,212 in 2024, down 8%; Greece as a whole went from 680 to 716, up 5%. Violent crime: 119 in 2021 and 87 in 2024, down 27%; Greece as a whole went from 96 to 96, about the same.
| Year | Property crime | Violent crime | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thessaloniki | Greece | Thessaloniki | Greece | |
| 2021 | 1,324 | 680 | 119 | 96 |
| 2022 | 1,486 | 803 | 121 | 103 |
| 2023 | 1,495 | 775 | 119 | 108 |
| 2024 | 1,212 | 716 | 87 | 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 Thessaloniki
14 places, by overall safety
Safest
All municipalities, largest first
- 29ThessalonikiΘεσσαλονίκη325,182
- 42Kordelio-EvosmosΚορδελιό-Εύοσμος101,753
- 45Pavlos MelasΠαύλος Μελάς99,245
- 48KalamariaΚαλαμαριά91,518
- 31Neapoli-SykiesΝεάπολη-Συκιές84,741
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
Which areas of Thessaloniki should I avoid?+
No part of Thessaloniki is off limits by daylight. The list below says which blocks change after dark.
Is Thessaloniki safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Thessaloniki: the police data are yearly totals. What changes after dark is in the written notes — each of the 0 neighbourhoods below has its own “After dark” section.
Where should I stay in Thessaloniki?+
Each neighbourhood entry below says whether it is worth booking a room there.
Is Thessaloniki safe?+
Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη) scores 41 out of 100 for overall safety on SafetyMap — above-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 1,379 property offences and 111.6 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
How does Thessaloniki compare with the rest of Greece?+
For overall safety, Thessaloniki ranks 48th of Greece's 52 regional units, counting from the safest, at 41 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Its nearest regional units, for overall safety: Kilkis 77, Chalkidiki 50, Serres 73, Pieria 88, Imathia 77, and Pella 76. Thessaloniki is 32 points below their average of 73.