By type of crime
- 51Overall safety
- 56Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Aghios Andreas scores 45 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Aghios Andreas has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and the 2 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Aghios Andreas. An estimated 700 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 Aghios Andreas is actually like
The 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. It is a working central neighbourhood — apartment blocks, shops, offices, the odd hotel — with pilgrims and coach parties for the cathedral by day and residents the rest of the time. It matters to travellers because it is the practical end of town for transport: the railway and intercity bus stations and the North (Old) Port are all close, and guides name it as the convenient choice for an early ferry. Against Ano Poli it is plainer and noisier; against the port strip proper it is far more populated and better lit.
After dark
Reasonably busy until late along the main avenues and the seafront, with restaurants and bars keeping footfall up. The back streets inland thin out after midnight. This is central Patras, where most of the city's recorded street theft happens — police counted 261 thefts of items in outdoor public spaces citywide in the first nine months of 2025.
What to watch for
- Bag and phone snatches on the seafront and central streets — the single largest recorded crime category in the city
- Quiet blocks between the cathedral and the port gates after midnight
- Left luggage and parked vehicles near the station and bus terminal
Staying here
Yes — the most practical base in Patras if you have a boat to catch. Note which port: the North (Old) Port on the waterfront is under ten minutes' walk from the rail and bus stations, but the Italy sailings go from the South (New) Port about 4 km away, reached by bus 18 or taxi.
Streets and squares: Othonos Amalias (seafront) · Agiou Andreou
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Aghios Andreas safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Aghios Andreas (Άγιος Ανδρέας) at 45 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 estimate for Patras, since there are no police figures for Aghios Andreas itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 560 property and 120 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Aghios Andreas safe at night?+
Reasonably busy until late along the main avenues and the seafront, with restaurants and bars keeping footfall up. The back streets inland thin out after midnight. This is central Patras, where most of the city's recorded street theft happens — police counted 261 thefts of items in outdoor public spaces citywide in the first nine months of 2025.
How does Aghios Andreas compare with the rest of Patras?+
Aghios Andreas has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and the 2 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Aghios Andreas.