By type of crime
- 40Overall safety
- 34Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Pangrati scores 34 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for property crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Pangrati has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Athens's rate — Athens scores 28 for property crime — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Pangrati. An estimated 11,389 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 Pangrati is actually like
Pangrati is the classic middle-class Athens neighbourhood with an artistic streak — Seferis and Hatzidakis lived here — and it is now the district most often recommended to visitors who want somewhere real. It wraps around the Panathenaic Stadium and the First Cemetery, and its life runs through a chain of squares: Plastira, Varnava, Proskopon, Mesologgiou and the Sintrivani.
After dark
Busy and well-peopled around Archelaou, Plateia Varnava and Plateia Proskopon until late, quiet but comfortable on the residential streets in between. The genuine night problem here is noise, not crime.
What to watch for
- Late-night noise rather than crime: 42 residents on and around Plateia Varnava filed a criminal complaint over all-night gatherings with portable speakers, DJs and fireworks
- Extensive road and pavement damage across Pangrati, raised by residents at the Athens municipal council on 20 April 2026 — a genuine trip hazard on unlit streets
- Crowd nights at the Panathenaic Stadium and bar crowds spilling off Archelaou and Plateia Proskopon
Staying here
The best default recommendation in eastern Athens: safe, about 25 minutes' walk to the Acropolis, and thick with places to eat. Book near a square if you want life, a street or two back if you want to sleep.
Reputation against reality. Its one recurring complaint is gentrification and late-night noise around the redeveloped squares, not personal safety. Travellers asking 'is Pangrati safe' on forums are consistently told yes.
Streets and squares: Plateia Plastira · Plateia Varnava · Plateia Proskopon · Plateia Mesologgiou · Plateia Sintrivaniou · Archelaou
Sources
- Pangrati & Mets Neighbourhood Guide — This is Athens (official city guide)
- Plateia Varnava: complaint by 42 residents over all-night parties — in.gr
- Pangrati is (also) its squares — LiFO
- Is Athens safe at night? An honest local guide (2026)
- Bakogiannis: neighbourhood problem list, Athens municipal council 20 April 2026 — Parapolitika
Other neighbourhoods in Athens
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Pangrati safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Pangrati (Παγκράτι) at 34 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 the estimate for Athens, adjusted for documented local reporting about Pangrati; there are no police figures for Pangrati itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,500 property and 120 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “A good place to stay”.
Is Pangrati safe at night?+
Busy and well-peopled around Archelaou, Plateia Varnava and Plateia Proskopon until late, quiet but comfortable on the residential streets in between. The genuine night problem here is noise, not crime.
How does Pangrati compare with the rest of Athens?+
Pangrati has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Athens's rate — Athens scores 28 for property crime — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Pangrati.