Crime and safety in North Athens
Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών · Regional unit
Estimate apportioned from Attica — how it is madeBy type of crime
- 42Overall safety
- 37Property crime
- 47Violent crime
North Athens scores 42 out of 100 (apportioned from Attica's figures, Eurostat 2021–2024) for overall safety — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 592,490 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
North Athens in the police figures
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so North Athens's figures are Attica's, apportioned to it with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025 — an estimate, not a count for North Athens. The totals below are its apportioned share; the table's breakdown by offence is Attica's, the yearly mean of 2021–2024.
On its apportioned figures, North Athens ranks 47th of Greece's 52 regional units for overall safety, counting from the safest, at 42 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Property crime: an estimated 1,298 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 75% above the rate for Greece as a whole, 744. Violent crime: an estimated 110 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 9% above the rate for Greece as a whole, 101.
Its nearest regional units, for overall safety: East Attica 47, Central Athens 29, West Athens 36, South Athens 54, West Attica 27, and Euboea 56. North Athens is level with their average of 42.
| Offence | Attica | Greece | Against Greece | Rank of 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 165 | 127 | +30% | 42 |
| Theft | 1,076 | 617 | +74% | 46 |
| of which vehicle theft | 288 | 166 | +73% | 46 |
| Property crime, total | 1,241 | 744 | +67% | 45 |
| Assault | 89 | 74 | +20% | 37 |
| Robbery | 55 | 26 | 2.1× | 46 |
| Intentional homicide | 0.9 | 0.8 | +11% | 28 |
| Violent crime, total | 145 | 101 | +44% | 45 |
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 North Athens?
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so these are Attica's yearly figures, not North Athens's own: offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents, 2021 to 2024.
Property crime: 1,112 in 2021 and 1,214 in 2024, up 9%; Greece as a whole went from 680 to 716, up 5%. Violent crime: 141 in 2021 and 144 in 2024, about the same; Greece as a whole went from 96 to 96, about the same.
| Year | Property crime | Violent crime | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attica | Greece | Attica | Greece | |
| 2021 | 1,112 | 680 | 141 | 96 |
| 2022 | 1,353 | 803 | 142 | 103 |
| 2023 | 1,285 | 775 | 152 | 108 |
| 2024 | 1,214 | 716 | 144 | 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 North Athens
12 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.
Neighbouring regional units
Questions people ask
Is North Athens safe?+
SafetyMap estimates North Athens (Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών) at 42 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 Attica's police-recorded offence rate (Eurostat, 2021–2024), apportioned to North Athens with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,300 property and 110 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is North Athens safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for North Athens: the police data behind the score are yearly totals that do not say when offences happen, so its 42 out of 100 is for day and night alike.
How does North Athens compare with the rest of Greece?+
On its apportioned figures, North Athens ranks 47th of Greece's 52 regional units for overall safety, counting from the safest, at 42 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Its nearest regional units, for overall safety: East Attica 47, Central Athens 29, West Athens 36, South Athens 54, West Attica 27, and Euboea 56. North Athens is level with their average of 42.