By type of crime
- 51Overall safety
- 57Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Ampelokipoi 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. Ampelokipoi 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 Ampelokipoi. An estimated 2,771 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 Ampelokipoi is actually like
An eastern residential district on the University Road, forming part of the boundary of the Anthoupoli area. It is newer Patras: apartment blocks from the 1980s onward, wide approach roads, supermarkets and car showrooms rather than kafeneia, and a population of families and commuters with a student overlay because of the bus route to Rio. There is nothing for a visitor to see. Against Anthoupoli next door it is much the same in character; against the older inner districts it is greener, quieter and duller, and it appears nowhere in the 2024-2026 police or press reporting on Patras crime.
After dark
Quiet suburban streets with reasonable lighting on the main roads and less on the residential ones. Traffic on the University Road continues late. No documented incidents or patrol priorities here.
What to watch for
- Crossing the University Road on foot at night — a fast arterial
- Ordinary vehicle and home security precautions; Patras recorded 50 residential burglaries citywide in the first nine months of 2025
Staying here
Fine for a longer stay if you are working or studying on the eastern side, but pointless for a short visit: you are 4-5 km from the centre and further from the Italy ferry gates. Not a base for an early boat.
Streets and squares: Odos Panepistimiou (University Road)
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Ampelokipoi safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Ampelokipoi (Αμπελόκηποι) 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 Ampelokipoi 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 Ampelokipoi safe at night?+
Quiet suburban streets with reasonable lighting on the main roads and less on the residential ones. Traffic on the University Road continues late. No documented incidents or patrol priorities here.
How does Ampelokipoi compare with the rest of Patras?+
Ampelokipoi 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 Ampelokipoi.