By type of crime
- 33Overall safety
- 34Property crime
- 31Violent crime
Pevkakia 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. Pevkakia has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Athens's rate — Athens scores 28 for property crime — and the 6 points between them come from how the model shares Athens's total out, not from anything measured in Pevkakia. An estimated 13,343 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 Pevkakia is actually like
Pevkakia is a micro-neighbourhood inside Neapoli, on the lower slopes of Lycabettus between Exarcheia and Kolonaki. It is defined in local histories as roughly the block bounded by Solonos, Sina, Asklipiou and Sarantapichou, around the church of Agios Nikolaos Pefkakia (consecrated 1895); the name comes from the pine woods that once covered this side of the hill. It is quiet, residential, steeply stepped, and has no tourist attractions of its own.
After dark
Residential calm. Streets empty early because there is almost no nightlife here - the bars are downhill in Exarcheia and uphill in Kolonaki - but the district is well lit and overlooked by apartment windows.
What to watch for
- No area-specific documented risks found in police reporting or Greek press for Pevkakia itself
- It is a buffer between Exarcheia and Kolonaki, so demonstration-related police activity on Exarcheia days can spill uphill along Solonos and Asklipiou
- Steep, stepped and poorly served by the metro - Panepistimio and Evangelismos are both a walk away
Staying here
A good, under-priced option for repeat visitors who want a real neighbourhood and don't mind a fifteen-minute walk to Syntagma and a lot of steps. Poor for anyone with heavy bags, limited mobility or an early flight.
Reputation against reality. Pevkakia has no reputation at all in English-language travel writing - it is usually swallowed by 'Exarcheia' or 'Kolonaki' depending on which the writer wants to invoke. Readers who see an address on Asklipiou described as 'Exarcheia' should know this is the calm, bourgeois end of that slope, not the square.
Streets and squares: Solonos · Sina · Asklipiou · Sarantapichou · Agios Nikolaos Pefkakia church
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Questions people ask
Is Pevkakia safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Pevkakia (Πευκάκια) 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, since there are no police figures for Pevkakia itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,500 property and 180 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “A good place to stay”.
Is Pevkakia safe at night?+
Residential calm. Streets empty early because there is almost no nightlife here - the bars are downhill in Exarcheia and uphill in Kolonaki - but the district is well lit and overlooked by apartment windows.
How does Pevkakia compare with the rest of Athens?+
Pevkakia has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Athens's rate — Athens scores 28 for property crime — and the 6 points between them come from how the model shares Athens's total out, not from anything measured in Pevkakia.