By type of crime
- 31Overall safety
- 29Property crime
- 33Violent crime
Neapoli-Sykies scores 31 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 84,741 people (2021 census), 6,745 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
Neapoli-Sykies areas to avoid, and where to stay instead
The neighbourhoods we have written notes on: what each is like, what changes after dark, and what the police and the Greek press report. Notes, not just numbers.
Ordinary city neighbourhoods
The usual precautions apply. The note lists anything specific to this place.
- 33Aghios PavlosΑγίου Παύλου · above-average crimeThe eastern unit of the municipality, on the slope above the centre, merged into Neapoli-Sykies in 2011.
- 33SykiesΣυκιές · above-average crimeThe municipality's southern unit, immediately above the old city walls, dense and steep with some of the best views over the gulf.
- 31PefkaΠεύκων · above-average crimePevka, the municipality's uppermost unit on the wooded slope near the ring road, and the greenest and most suburban of the four.
- 29Nea VarnaΝέα Βάρνα · above-average crimeA small named settlement pocket in the municipality, of the refugee-naming type common across northern Thessaloniki, where quarters were named after the places their first residents came from.
- 29StrebeniotiΣτρεμπενιώτη · above-average crimeThe area around the Strempenioti municipal sports complex in Neapoli - an indoor gym, swimming pool and municipal football ground, with a children's traffic-education park nearby.
- 29KolokotroniΚολοκοτρώνη · above-average crimeA street-derived local area name in the municipality rather than a defined neighbourhood - Kolokotroni is one of the commonest street names in Greece, and no municipal, police or press source consulted defines a…
- 29NeapoliΝεάπολη · above-average crimeA densely built neighbourhood running from Langada street up to the ring road, and the civic heart of the municipality.
- 29RoloiΡολόι · above-average crimeNot a district but Neapoli's central square - formally Plateia Eirinis, universally called Roloi, the clock.
Districts in Neapoli-Sykies
8 places, by overall safety
All districts, largest first
- 33SykiesΣυκιές37,753
- 31PefkaΠεύκων13,052
- 29NeapoliΝεάπολη8,536
- 29RoloiΡολόι7,613
- 33Aghios PavlosΑγίου Παύλου6,852
- 29StrebeniotiΣτρεμπενιώτη4,383
- 29KolokotroniΚολοκοτρώνη4,340
- 29Nea VarnaΝέα Βάρνα2,212
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
Which areas of Neapoli-Sykies should I avoid?+
No part of Neapoli-Sykies is off limits by daylight. The list below says which blocks change after dark.
Is Neapoli-Sykies safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Neapoli-Sykies: the police data are yearly totals. What changes after dark is in the written notes — each of the 8 neighbourhoods below has its own “After dark” section.
Where should I stay in Neapoli-Sykies?+
Each neighbourhood entry below says whether it is worth booking a room there.
Is Neapoli-Sykies safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Neapoli-Sykies (Νεάπολη-Συκιές) at 31 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 police-recorded offence rate of its regional unit (Eurostat, 2021–2024), apportioned by how built-up Neapoli-Sykies is and by documented local reporting. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,800 property and 170 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
How does Neapoli-Sykies compare with the rest of Thessaloniki?+
Neapoli-Sykies is estimated at 31 out of 100 for overall safety, against 41 for Thessaloniki as a whole — worse than its surroundings.