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47/100
By type of crime
- 51Overall safety
- 55Property crime
- 47Violent crime
Patras scores 47 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 213,984 people (2021 census), 618 per km².
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
Patras areas to avoid, and where to stay instead
The neighbourhoods we have written notes on: what each is like, what changes after dark, and what the police and the Greek press report. Notes, not just numbers.
Fine by day, care after dark
The note names what changes after dark and where; by day the usual precautions apply.
- 63PlataniΠλατανίου · below-average crimeA community of the Rio municipal unit on the ground inland of the coast road, at 184 m, about 5 km east of Rio and 10 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 459 residents at the 2021 census.
- 53EglykadaΕγλυκάδα · average crimeA large south-eastern district of about 5,000 residents, containing the sub-neighbourhoods Tzoleika, Politeika and Peukiotisa and two squares, Al.
- 51Agia SofiaΑγία Σοφία · average crimeA large residential district in the eastern half of the city, named for its parish church, with a big square in front of it and a mixture of 1970s apartment blocks, newer building and older houses.
- 51Ano PoliΆνω Πόλη · average crimeThe historic upper town, spread over the slopes below the Byzantine castle and the Roman Odeon, reached from the lower city by the famous flights of steps.
- 51GouvaΓούβα · average crimeA small inner district whose name simply means the hollow, describing the dip it occupies within the older city fabric.
- 51TabahanaΤαμπάχανα · average crimeAn old working quarter on the transition between the upper and lower city, its name from the Turkish tabakhane, the tanneries that once worked here.
- 51VlateroΒλατερό · average crimeOne of the oldest quarters of Patras, on the threshold between the upper and lower city, its name from the Latin blattea, the purple dye used for precious fabrics — Byzantine workshops connected with the celebrated…
- 51Ypsila AloniaΥψηλά Αλώνια · average crimeThe great belvedere square on the shelf between the upper and lower city, formerly Plateia Benizelou Roufou, ringed by neoclassical facades and palm trees and long used as a postcard image of Patras.
- 46AroiΑρόη · average crimeAn inner-eastern district on the rising ground behind the centre, named for the ancient settlement that preceded Patras.
- 46AgyiaΑγυιά · average crimeOne of the largest neighbourhoods in the city, in the north, divided into Mesi Agyia and Exo Agyia, with a small harbour and promontory on the gulf and a 30-hectare wetland north of the centre.
- 34PsarofaiΨαροφάι · above-average crimeA neighbourhood about 3.5 km south-south-east of the centre, on the slope behind the southern districts.
- 34Agia TriadaΑγία Τριάδα · above-average crimeA central-southern neighbourhood named for its church, lying between the lower city and Prosfygika.
- 34ProsfigikaΠροσφυγικά · above-average crimeThe first refugee settlement in Patras, built from 1926-28 for families from Asia Minor, and still recognisable as a planned estate of low terraces on a grid of narrow streets in the south-west of the city.
- 34ZarouchleikaΖαρουχλέικα · above-average crimeOne of the largest neighbourhoods in Patras, in the southern municipal sector, first settled after 1850 by farming families from Zaroukhla in the Kalavryta highlands and an independent community from 1912 until the city…
Ordinary city neighbourhoods
The usual precautions apply. The note lists anything specific to this place.
- 80PititsaΠιτίτσης · very low crimeA very small mountain village and community of the Rio municipal unit on Panachaiko, at 631 m and about 14 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 20 residents at the 2021 census.
- 80KrystallovryssiΚρυσταλλόβρυσης · below-average crimeA small mountain village and community of the Messatida municipal unit, built at about 730 m on the south-eastern spur of Mount Omplos, in the hills south-west of Panachaiko, some 12 km in a straight line from Plateia…
- 75MiraΜοίρας · below-average crimeA mountain village and community of the Patras municipal unit, built at 885 m on Panachaiko, about 15 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras.
- 69ArgyraΑργυράς · below-average crimeA mountain village and community of the Rio municipal unit on the Panachaiko foothills at 288 m, 8 km from Rio and about 12 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 210 residents at the 2021…
- 67PetrotoΠετρωτού · below-average crimeA community of the Messatida municipal unit on the foothills south-east of Patras, bordering Krini, Saravali and Souli, the Perivola district of the city and the Glafkos river.
- 67SouliouΣουλίου · below-average crimeA community of the Patras municipal unit on the western slopes of Panachaiko south-east of the city.
- 67TherianoΘεριανού · below-average crimeA village and community of the Vrachnaiika municipal unit inland of the southern coastal plain, at about 140 m and 15 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 158 residents at the 2021 census.
- 66SellaΣελλών · below-average crimeA mountain village and community of the Rio municipal unit on the slopes of Panachaiko at 452 m, about 13.5 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 268 residents at the 2021 census (302 in…
- 65PsathopyrgosΨαθοπύργου · below-average crimeA coastal village of the Rio municipal unit at 5 m, the northernmost settlement of the Peloponnese, where the mountain comes down to the sea, about 15 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras.
- 65ElikistraΕλικίστρας · below-average crimeAn inland community of the Patras municipal unit on the western foothills of Panachaiko, east of the city.
- 64TheaΘέας · below-average crimeA village and community of the Messatida municipal unit on the rising ground south of Patras, about 11 km from the city centre (9 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou), bordering Kallithea, Mintilogli and Ovrya.
- 63KallitheaΚαλλιθέας · below-average crimeA community of the Messatida municipal unit on the rising ground south of Patras, made up of Kallithea, also called Kallitheokampos, and Ano Kallithea: 781 and 103 residents respectively at the 2021 census.
- 63DrepanoΔρεπάνου · average crimeA coastal community of the Rio municipal unit on the cape of the same name, about 7 km north-east of Rio and 13 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 451 residents at the 2021 census.
- 62TsoukaleikaΤσουκαλαιίκων · average crimeA coastal village of the Vrachnaiika municipal unit in the south of the municipality, 3 km from Kato Achaia and about 13 km from the centre of Patras, with 493 residents at the 2021 census.
- 62Krini PatronΚρήνης Πατρών · average crimeA community of the Messatida municipal unit on the edge of the plain south-east of Patras, at the foot of Mount Omplos, about 7 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras.
- 62Kato KastritsiΚάτω Καστριτσίου · average crimeA community of the Rio municipal unit built on the foothills of Mount Panachaiko at 96 m, bordering Rio, the University of Patras and Ano Kastritsi, about 8 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras.
- 62VrachneikaΒραχναιίκων · average crimeThe seat of its own municipal unit, a coastal town on the southern shore road out of Patras, about 12 km from the city centre (11 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou), with a permanent population, a beach and a…
- 60MonodendriΜονοδενδρίου · average crimeA coastal community of the Vrachnaiika municipal unit strung out along the shore south-west of Patras, about 10 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou, bordering Vrachneika, Roitika, Mintilogli and Paralia.
- 60RioΡίο · average crimeThe northern suburb and municipal unit at the narrows of the gulf, dominated by three things: the Rio-Antirrio bridge, the University of Patras campus with its halls of residence, and the university hospital.
- 59KaminiaΚαμινίων · average crimeA coastal village of the Vrachnaiika municipal unit on the south-western edge of the municipality, 3 km from Kato Achaia and about 15 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 703 residents at…
- 58MintilogliΜιντιλογλίου · average crimeA community of the Paralia municipal unit on a hill about 50 m above the southern coastal plain, about 7.5 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras.
- 56SaravalioΣαραβαλίου · average crimeThe seat of a community of the Messatida municipal unit south-south-east of Patras, about 8 km from the centre by road (7 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou).
- 55ArachovitikaΑραχοβιτίκων · average crimeA coastal community of the Rio municipal unit east of the bridge, part of the northern shore strip with Drepano and Psathopyrgos, about 13 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras.
- 55RogitikaΡογιτίκων · average crimeA community of the Paralia municipal unit on the southern coast, about 9 km from the centre of Patras (8 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou), with 1,194 residents at the 2021 census.
- 54Aghios VassiliosΑγίου Βασιλείου · average crimeA coastal community of the Rio municipal unit on the northern shore, a seaside resort and a place of holiday and permanent residence for many Patras families, with 2,889 residents at the 2021 census.
- 53OvriaΟβριάς · average crimeThe largest settlement of the Messatida municipal unit and its former seat, south of the city and effectively a suburb rather than a village, with 6,424 residents at the 2021 census, about 6.5 km in a straight line from…
- 53ProastioΠροάστιο · average crimeThe district at the northern entrance to Patras, about 7 km from the centre, known until 1928 as Bozaitika and settled by Kalavryta families.
- 53KastelocamposΚαστελόκαμπος · average crimeA northern suburb about 8 km from the centre by road, bordering Rio, Proastio and Dafnes and the University of Patras campus.
- 52ParaliaΠαραλίας · average crimeThe seat of its own municipal unit on the southern shore and a small town in its own right, with 5,378 residents at the 2021 census, about 6 km from the centre of Patras by road; the Kokkinos Mylos quarter straddles the…
- 51PerivolaΠεριβόλα · average crimeA suburb in the south-eastern part of Patras, about 6 km from the centre, home to facilities of the Hellenic Open University and the closed Apollon gymnasium with a capacity of 3,500.
- 51Ano SichenaΆνω Συχαινά · average crimeThe upper half of the Sychaina settlement on the north-eastern edge of the city, recognised as a settlement again in 1951 and attached to the then Municipality of Patras.
- 51BegoulakiΜπεγουλάκι · average crimeA southern district that began as a separate settlement and was absorbed as Patras expanded, its name taken from a Turkish landowner of the Ottoman period.
- 51DrosiaΔροσιά · average crimeA district on the eastern slope opposite the Agios Andreas General Hospital of Patras, which is what defines it.
- 51GlarakiΓλαράκη · average crimeA small inner neighbourhood on the eastern edge of the upper city, at the top end of Palaion Patron Germanou street, listed among the quarters bordering Tabahana and Panagia Alexiotissa along with Sinora, Marouda…
- 51KoukouliΚουκούλι · average crimeA district on the south-eastern side of Patras, bordering Agios Georgios Langoura to the north, Eglykada to the north-east and Perivola to the south-east.
- 51PagonaΠαγώνα · average crimeAn inner neighbourhood on the eastern slope above the centre, lying north of Sinora and Kantrianika and running into Tabahana and Drosia.
- 51Profitis IliasΠροφήτης Ηλίας · average crimeA hillside neighbourhood named, as such places usually are in Greece, for the chapel of the Prophet Elias on the high point above it.
- 51SinoraΣύνορα · average crimeAn inner district whose name means the borders, because it marked the former city limits — a reminder of how compact Patras was before the twentieth century; it still forms the natural boundary of the city with the…
- 51TarabouraΤαραμπούρα · average crimeA southern district near the Glafkos river crossing, between Zarouchleika and Begoulaki, named after the nickname of Dimitrios Aravantinos, a nineteenth-century property owner who ran a cafe here.
- 51AmpelokipoiΑμπελόκηποι · average crimeAn eastern residential district on the University Road, forming part of the boundary of the Anthoupoli area.
- 51AnthoupoliΑνθούπολη · average crimeA northern district of the city, extending between Zavlani and Sychaina in the area beyond the new Archaeological Museum, and consisting mainly of newly built apartment blocks.
- 51KavoukakiΚαβουκάκι · average crimeA small northern pocket that has effectively been absorbed into the Anthoupoli neighbourhood, whose new apartment blocks now surround it.
- 51KotroniΚοτρώνι · average crimeA district in the north of the city, about 5 km from the centre, on level ground that slopes gently to the east, bordering Agyia, Ampelokipoi, Proastio (Bozaitika) and Sychaina.
- 51KritikaΚρητικά · average crimeA small old quarter tucked beside the castle in the upper city, settled by Cretan refugees after the 1866 uprising and named for them.
- 51Metamorfosi SotirosΜεταμόρφωση Σωτήρος · average crimeA southern district named after its parish church, south of the Glafkos river on the boundary between the former Kapodistrian municipalities of Patras and Messatida.
- 51PortesΠόρτες · average crimeThe old southern entrance to the city — Portes means the gates — a name that survives alongside Pratsika, after the Epirot family of Sideris Pratsikas who held property here.
- 51Aghios AndreasΆγιος Ανδρέας · average crimeThe central quarter spreading around the great domed Cathedral of Saint Andrew at the southern end of the seafront, between the lower-city grid and the water.
- 51Agia VarvaraΑγία Βαρβάρα · average crimeA residential neighbourhood extending south of the city centre at close range, named for its parish church.
- 51Krya IteonΚρύα Ιτεών · average crimeA neighbourhood in the southern municipal district beside the Glafkos river.
- 51PsahouΨάχου · average crimeA district south of the city centre, in the city's 2nd (formerly Southern) municipal district, lying south of Terpsi and Pratsika and north of Zarouchleika and Kypseli, with Agiou Ioanni Pratsika and Vyzantiou streets…
- 51TerpsitheaΤερψιθέα · average crimeA residential district on the eastern slope of the city, its name meaning roughly a pleasing view, which is what the higher streets have.
- 51TsivdiΤσιβδή · average crimeA central quarter near the site of the old harbour, and the historic Jewish neighbourhood of Patras from the second Venetian period until the 1821 revolution — a closed and, by contemporary accounts, insanitary quarter…
- 50ItiesΙτιές · average crimeA southern district whose name means the willows, lying in the belt around the Glafkos toward Lefka and Krya Iteon.
Where to stay instead
The note recommends it as a base and says for whom. Scores are modelled from the wider area's recorded crime, so the two can differ.
- 66Ano KastritsioΆνω Καστριτσίου · below-average crimeA hill village and the seat of its community in the Rio municipal unit, on the foothills of Panachaiko at 482 m, about 9 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras; the community had 745 residents at…
- 55AkteoΑκταίου · average crimeA community of the Rio municipal unit on the northern coast, listed officially as Aktaio/Vernadaiika: the village was long known as Vernardeika, and still is.
- 51GirokomeioΓηροκομείο · average crimeAn eastern hillside district named for the historic monastery of the Girokomeio, one of the oldest in Greece, which still stands here.
- 51DafnesΔάφνες · average crimeThe coastal stretch belonging to Proastio at the northern approach to Patras, and one of the beaches city residents actually use in summer.
- 51Paralia ProastiouΠαραλία Προαστίου · average crimeThe shore section of Proastio at the northern approach to the city, one of the three parts the district divides into alongside Ano and Kato Proastio.
Districts in Patras
72 places, by violent crime
All districts, largest first
- 45Ano SichenaΆνω Συχαινά34,793
- 45GirokomeioΓηροκομείο22,063
- 45PerivolaΠεριβόλα15,516
- 58ProastioΠροάστιο8,234
- 47ParaliaΠαραλίας6,336
- 48OvriaΟβριάς6,308
- 61RioΡίο5,252
- 59EglykadaΕγλυκάδα5,233
- 45KotroniΚοτρώνι4,577
- 45AgyiaΑγυιά4,476
- 45AnthoupoliΑνθούπολη4,409
- 51SaravalioΣαραβαλίου4,202
- 45BegoulakiΜπεγουλάκι4,122
- 45KoukouliΚουκούλι4,041
- 45ItiesΙτιές3,640
- 45PsahouΨάχου3,426
- 58KastelocamposΚαστελόκαμπος3,045
- 45Agia SofiaΑγία Σοφία2,782
- 45AmpelokipoiΑμπελόκηποι2,771
- 45Metamorfosi SotirosΜεταμόρφωση Σωτήρος2,759
- 45PagonaΠαγώνα2,748
- 57VrachneikaΒραχναιίκων2,664
- 49Aghios VassiliosΑγίου Βασιλείου2,662
- 45Paralia ProastiouΠαραλία Προαστίου2,569
- 31PsarofaiΨαροφάι2,516
- 45Krya IteonΚρύα Ιτεών2,508
- 45AroiΑρόη2,383
- 54MintilogliΜιντιλογλίου2,363
- 45GouvaΓούβα2,340
- 45Profitis IliasΠροφήτης Ηλίας2,324
- 45PortesΠόρτες2,292
- 31ZarouchleikaΖαρουχλέικα2,210
- 45TarabouraΤαραμπούρα2,006
- 45DrosiaΔροσιά1,967
- 45TerpsitheaΤερψιθέα1,960
- 45Agia VarvaraΑγία Βαρβάρα1,897
- 31Agia TriadaΑγία Τριάδα1,560
- 62ElikistraΕλικίστρας1,538
- 50AkteoΑκταίου1,494
- 45SinoraΣύνορα1,414
- 58Krini PatronΚρήνης Πατρών1,347
- 45VlateroΒλατερό1,330
- 50RogitikaΡογιτίκων1,288
- 44DafnesΔάφνες1,287
- 57Kato KastritsiΚάτω Καστριτσίου1,046
- 45Ypsila AloniaΥψηλά Αλώνια1,043
- 45TsivdiΤσιβδή1,005
- 45KavoukakiΚαβουκάκι957
- 50ArachovitikaΑραχοβιτίκων902
- 64SouliouΣουλίου847
- 60KallitheaΚαλλιθέας837
- 45Ano PoliΆνω Πόλη833
- 63Ano KastritsioΆνω Καστριτσίου832
- 62PsathopyrgosΨαθοπύργου796
- 45KritikaΚρητικά791
- 31ProsfigikaΠροσφυγικά775
- 56MonodendriΜονοδενδρίου721
- 54KaminiaΚαμινίων716
- 45Aghios AndreasΆγιος Ανδρέας700
- 65PetrotoΠετρωτού639
- 45GlarakiΓλαράκη605
- 59DrepanoΔρεπάνου541
- 45TabahanaΤαμπάχανα537
- 60TheaΘέας508
- 59PlataniΠλατανίου481
- 58TsoukaleikaΤσουκαλαιίκων393
- 63SellaΣελλών302
- 67ArgyraΑργυράς288
- 63TherianoΘεριανού133
- 73MiraΜοίρας65
- 80PititsaΠιτίτσης26
- 79KrystallovryssiΚρυσταλλόβρυσης11
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
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Questions people ask
Which areas of Patras should I avoid?+
No part of Patras is off limits by daylight. The list below says which blocks change after dark.
Is Patras safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Patras: the police data are yearly totals. What changes after dark is in the written notes — each of the 72 neighbourhoods below has its own “After dark” section.
Where should I stay in Patras?+
The notes recommend Akteo, Ano Kastritsio, Dafnes, Girokomeio, and Paralia Proastiou as a base. Each entry below says for whom; the scores beside them are modelled estimates.
Is Patras safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Patras (Πάτρα) at 47 out of 100 for violent 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 police-recorded offence rate of its regional unit (Eurostat, 2021–2024), apportioned by how built-up Patras is and by documented local reporting. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 590 property and 110 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
How does Patras compare with the rest of Achaea?+
Patras is estimated at 47 out of 100 for violent crime, against 51 for Achaea as a whole — worse than its surroundings.