Property crime in Central Athens
Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών · Regional unit
Estimate apportioned from Attica — how it is madeBy type of crime
- 29Overall safety
- 31Property crime
- 27Violent crime
Central Athens scores 31 out of 100 (apportioned from Attica's figures, Eurostat 2021–2024) for property crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 1,029,520 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
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Central Athens in the police figures
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so Central 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 Central 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, Central Athens ranks 52nd of Greece's 52 regional units for property crime, counting from the safest, at 31 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Property crime: an estimated 1,656 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 2.2 times the rate for Greece as a whole, 744.
Its nearest regional units, for property crime: South Athens 48, West Athens 41, North Athens 37, East Attica 43, West Attica 35, and Piraeus and the Islands 41. Central Athens is 9 points below their average of 41.
| 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 |
Rank among the 46 areas Eurostat reports — the 45 regional units outside Attica and Attica as a whole — 1 being the lowest rate.
Is crime rising or falling in Central Athens?
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so these are Attica's yearly figures, not Central 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 Central Athens
8 places, by property crime
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 Central Athens safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Central Athens (Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών) at 31 out of 100 for property crime — 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 Central Athens with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,700 property and 200 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Central Athens safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Central Athens: the police data behind the score are yearly totals that do not say when offences happen, so its 31 out of 100 is for day and night alike.
How does Central Athens compare with the rest of Greece?+
On its apportioned figures, Central Athens ranks 52nd of Greece's 52 regional units for property crime, counting from the safest, at 31 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Its nearest regional units, for property crime: South Athens 48, West Athens 41, North Athens 37, East Attica 43, West Attica 35, and Piraeus and the Islands 41. Central Athens is 9 points below their average of 41.