By type of crime
- 53Overall safety
- 47Property crime
- 58Violent crime
Proastio scores 47 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for property crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Proastio has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Patras's rate — Patras scores 55 for property crime — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Proastio. An estimated 8,234 people live there: the 2021 census counts the surrounding community as a whole, and this is its share by area.
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
What Proastio is actually like
The district at the northern entrance to Patras, about 7 km from the centre, known until 1928 as Bozaitika and settled by Kalavryta families. It divides into Ano Proastio, Kato Proastio and Paralia Proastiou, and takes in the Dafnes shore, a popular summer beach for city residents. It is a spread-out suburban area of detached houses, gardens and newer blocks, with people living here for space and the sea rather than for anything to visit. Against Kastelokampos further north it is similar in feel; against the inner city it is far quieter. Its one documented issue is property crime, not street crime. Patras city buses run here: route 606 (Proastio - Kastellokampos - Porto Rio).
After dark
Quiet suburban and coastal streets, dark between built-up pockets, with summer activity along the shore. Proastio is named in police data as a consistently high-risk zone for residential burglaries. Nothing in the record points to pedestrian risk.
What to watch for
- Residential burglary — Proastio is on the police high-risk list
- Daytime break-ins while residents are out, the documented pattern for house burglaries
- Holiday and second homes left empty out of season
- Unlit stretches between the shore and the main road
Staying here
Pleasant for a summer stay by the sea with a car, and there are rooms and apartments along the coast. A poor choice for an early Italy ferry: you are 7 km north of the centre and about 11 km from the South Port gates.
Reputation against reality. Proastio reads as a safe seaside suburb and largely is, for a person walking around. The burglary listing is about houses, and applies most to properties left empty.
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Questions people ask
Is Proastio safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Proastio (Προάστιο) at 47 out of 100 for property crime — 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 estimate for Patras, adjusted for documented local reporting about Proastio; there are no police figures for Proastio itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 840 property and 78 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Proastio safe at night?+
Quiet suburban and coastal streets, dark between built-up pockets, with summer activity along the shore. Proastio is named in police data as a consistently high-risk zone for residential burglaries. Nothing in the record points to pedestrian risk.
How does Proastio compare with the rest of Patras?+
Proastio has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Patras's rate — Patras scores 55 for property crime — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Proastio.