By type of crime
- 38Overall safety
- 39Property crime
- 37Violent crime
Ydraiika scores 39 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for property crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Ydraiika has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Piraeus's rate — Piraeus scores 38 for property crime — and the 1 point between them comes from how the model shares Piraeus's total out, not from anything measured in Ydraiika. An estimated 3,429 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 Ydraiika is actually like
The historic heart of the modern city, between Akti Miaouli and Sachtouri, G. Theotoki and Thoukydidou, laid out on the Kleanthis and Schaubert grid for settlers from Hydra who arrived from 1838. Agios Nikolaos, the sailors' church, opened in 1844. It runs up to the port, so this is where ferry passengers actually walk, and where old Troumba stood around Filonos and Notara.
After dark
The port frontage is busy round the clock, but the blocks behind Akti Miaouli thin out fast. At about 05:00 on 30 August 2026, two police officers at a port bus stop were beaten by four men who fled by car: precisely the early-ferry hour.
Staying here
The most convenient district for a dawn sailing, a flat five to fifteen minutes to most gates. Book on the quieter inland streets, and take a taxi rather than walk before dawn.
Reputation against reality. Troumba's red-light reputation is a museum piece: the licensed houses around Filonos and Notara, inside the block bounded by Akti Miaouli, Filellinon, Kolokotroni and Sotiros Dios, were closed on 12 September 1973 and the area is now ordinary and partly gentrifying.
Streets and squares: Akti Miaouli · Sachtouri · Thoukydidou · G. Theotoki · Agios Nikolaos · Filonos
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Questions people ask
Is Ydraiika safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Ydraiika (Υδραίικα) at 39 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 Piraeus, since there are no police figures for Ydraiika itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,200 property and 150 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Fine by day, care after dark”.
Is Ydraiika safe at night?+
The port frontage is busy round the clock, but the blocks behind Akti Miaouli thin out fast. At about 05:00 on 30 August 2026, two police officers at a port bus stop were beaten by four men who fled by car: precisely the early-ferry hour.
How does Ydraiika compare with the rest of Piraeus?+
Ydraiika has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Piraeus's rate — Piraeus scores 38 for property crime — and the 1 point between them comes from how the model shares Piraeus's total out, not from anything measured in Ydraiika.