By type of crime
- 51Overall safety
- 57Property crime
- 44Violent crime
Dafnes scores 44 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Dafnes has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and the 3 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Dafnes. An estimated 1,287 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 Dafnes is actually like
The coastal stretch belonging to Proastio at the northern approach to Patras, and one of the beaches city residents actually use in summer. It is a low-density shore strip of holiday and permanent houses, beach bars and tavernas that fill up between June and September and go quiet the rest of the year, with Kastelokampos and the university belt immediately north. There is no urban fabric to speak of and nothing to do outside the season. Against Paralia Proastiou it is much the same kind of place; against the inner city it is a different world — suburban, seasonal and calm.
After dark
Lively along the beach bars in summer and close to deserted out of season. Lighting is limited away from the venues and the shore road is dark in stretches. No documented incidents name Dafnes itself, though the wider Proastio district is on the police list for residential burglaries.
What to watch for
- Empty holiday houses out of season — the wider district is a burglary hotspot
- Unlit stretches of the shore road at night
- Belongings left on the beach in summer
Staying here
Good for a summer stay by the sea with a car. Bad for an early Italy ferry: you are north of the city and roughly 11-12 km from the South Port gates, so allow real time.
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Questions people ask
Is Dafnes safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Dafnes (Δάφνες) at 44 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 Dafnes itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 550 property and 120 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “A good place to stay”.
Is Dafnes safe at night?+
Lively along the beach bars in summer and close to deserted out of season. Lighting is limited away from the venues and the shore road is dark in stretches. No documented incidents name Dafnes itself, though the wider Proastio district is on the police list for residential burglaries.
How does Dafnes compare with the rest of Patras?+
Dafnes has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and the 3 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Dafnes.