By type of crime
- 53Overall safety
- 47Property crime
- 59Violent crime
Eglykada scores 59 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Eglykada 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 Eglykada. An estimated 5,233 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 Eglykada is actually like
A large south-eastern district of about 5,000 residents, containing the sub-neighbourhoods Tzoleika, Politeika and Peukiotisa and two squares, Al. Dimopoulou and Agios Andreas. It mixes rapid residential development, detached houses on quiet lanes and a working industrial fringe of factories and workshops. Against Koukouli and Perivola it is bigger, more industrial and much more often named by police. Patras city buses run here: route 101 (Eglykada).
After dark
Mixed. The detached-house lanes are calm; the industrial fringe of factories and workshops is dark and empty. Eglykada was one of six districts placed under targeted police patrols in July 2025 and is named repeatedly in burglary reporting through May 2026. Guides record locals naming it as an area to be careful in.
What to watch for
- Residential burglary — Eglykada is named as a high-risk zone in two separate 2026 burglary reports
- Daytime break-ins while residents are at work, the pattern police describe for house burglaries
- The dark, empty industrial fringe of factories and workshops after dark
- Isolated detached houses on the outer lanes
Staying here
No for a short visit — it is 4-5 km out with nothing to see and a burglary-hotspot listing. Fine as a longer rental if you take home security seriously. Not a base for an early Italy ferry.
Reputation against reality. Eglykada's reputation is driven by property crime, not street crime. Nothing in the record suggests a pedestrian risk here; the documented pattern is daytime and night-time burglary of houses.
Streets and squares: Plateia Al. Dimopoulou · Plateia Agiou Andrea (Eglykada)
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Eglykada safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Eglykada (Εγλυκάδα) at 59 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 Eglykada; there are no police figures for Eglykada itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 840 property and 77 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Fine by day, care after dark”.
Is Eglykada safe at night?+
Mixed. The detached-house lanes are calm; the industrial fringe of factories and workshops is dark and empty. Eglykada was one of six districts placed under targeted police patrols in July 2025 and is named repeatedly in burglary reporting through May 2026. Guides record locals naming it as an area to be careful in.
How does Eglykada compare with the rest of Patras?+
Eglykada 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 Eglykada.