By type of crime
- 46Overall safety
- 47Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Agyia 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. Agyia has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Agyia. An estimated 4,476 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 Agyia is actually like
One 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. It is partly densely built and partly green, served by bus lines 6 and 9 and the Patras suburban railway, and student guides list it as a convenient base for the university at Rio. A new urban park with lawns, LED lighting, a playground and accessible ramps is being laid out at Exo Agyia. Against Anthoupoli it is bigger, older and more varied; unlike Anthoupoli, it appears in the police patrol priority list. Its Saturday-morning street market (laiki) sets up on Iktinou and Feidiou streets for four months at a time, alternating with Kazantzaki street.
After dark
The built-up streets are ordinary; the shoreline, wetland and open ground are dark and empty after hours. Agyia was one of six districts placed under targeted police patrols in July 2025 following reports of robberies, thefts, burglaries and muggings. Nothing more specific has been located to particular streets here.
What to watch for
- The wetland, shoreline and open ground after dark — unlit and unfrequented
- The harbour and promontory edges at night
- Ordinary street-theft precautions; Agyia is on the July 2025 patrol priority list
Staying here
Reasonable for a longer stay, particularly for the university, with good bus and suburban rail links. Poor for an early Italy ferry — you are north of the centre and the Italy gates are 6-7 km south.
Reputation against reality. Agyia is on the patrol list but is the least specifically documented of the six: no street, square or incident has been located to it in the 2024-2026 reporting, unlike Prosfygika, Zarouchleika or Psarofai.
Streets and squares: Plateia Ellinon Mousourgon (Exo Agyia)
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Agyia safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Agyia (Αγυιά) 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, adjusted for documented local reporting about Agyia; there are no police figures for Agyia itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 840 property and 120 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Fine by day, care after dark”.
Is Agyia safe at night?+
The built-up streets are ordinary; the shoreline, wetland and open ground are dark and empty after hours. Agyia was one of six districts placed under targeted police patrols in July 2025 following reports of robberies, thefts, burglaries and muggings. Nothing more specific has been located to particular streets here.
How does Agyia compare with the rest of Patras?+
Agyia has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Agyia.