By type of crime
- 46Overall safety
- 47Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Aroi 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. Aroi 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 Aroi. An estimated 2,383 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 Aroi is actually like
An inner-eastern district on the rising ground behind the centre, named for the ancient settlement that preceded Patras. It is a dense residential quarter of apartment blocks and older houses with schools, a church and local shops, popular with families and students because it is cheap and within walking distance of the centre. No visitor comes here deliberately. Against Psarofai and Zarouchleika further south it is closer in, better served and more mixed; against the quieter eastern suburbs it is busier. It appears in police reporting in a specific way — as a burglary target rather than a source — which is worth separating out. Patras city buses run here: route 401 (Aroi).
After dark
Ordinary residential streets, with some late activity from student housing. The documented risk here is burglary rather than street crime: a ring operating from late 2025 specifically targeted Aroi homes at night, climbing to balconies. Aroi was also included in the July 2025 targeted patrol list.
What to watch for
- Night-time residential burglary via balconies reached from drainpipes, air-conditioning units and awnings
- Unsecured balcony doors on lower floors — the gang's documented entry method
- Quieter unlit blocks on the upper slope
Staying here
Possible for a cheap central-ish short let, and walkable to the centre, but there is little formal accommodation and nothing to see. For an early Italy ferry you will want a taxi to the South Port regardless.
Reputation against reality. Aroi appears in the crime record mainly as a place that was burgled, not as a problem district. That distinction gets lost when districts are listed together.
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Questions people ask
Is Aroi safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Aroi (Αρόη) 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 Aroi; there are no police figures for Aroi 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 Aroi safe at night?+
Ordinary residential streets, with some late activity from student housing. The documented risk here is burglary rather than street crime: a ring operating from late 2025 specifically targeted Aroi homes at night, climbing to balconies. Aroi was also included in the July 2025 targeted patrol list.
How does Aroi compare with the rest of Patras?+
Aroi 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 Aroi.