By type of crime
- 59Overall safety
- 64Property crime
- 54Violent crime
Kaminia scores 54 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Kaminia has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and the 7 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Kaminia. It is home to about 716 people (2021 census).
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 Kaminia is actually like
A coastal village of the Vrachnaiika municipal unit on the south-western edge of the municipality, 3 km from Kato Achaia and about 15 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 703 residents at the 2021 census. It borders Tsoukaleika and the neighbouring villages of Alissos, Agios Stefanos and Kamenitsa, and takes its name from the clay kilns (kaminia) that worked here before the War of Independence. Houses, beaches and a summer population. Kaminia has a station on Line 2 of the Patras suburban railway, but no city bus: the 501 ends at Tsoukaleika. The municipal street-market regulation lists no market in the Vrachnaiika unit; the nearest is Paralia's, on Friday mornings. Like the other southern coastal villages, it was worked by a burglary ring targeting coastal homes between October 2025 and April 2026.
After dark
Quiet out of season and busier on the shore in summer. The documented risk is burglary of houses in the morning rather than anything after dark.
What to watch for
- Coastal homes — a ring hit Kaminia among other coastal settlements, mainly in morning hours
- Empty second homes out of season
- Unlit shore road
Staying here
Fine for a quiet seaside stay with a car. About 20-25 minutes from the South Port gates, so workable for an Italy sailing with time in hand.
Sources
- Proto Thema - Burglary ring dismantled in Achaia and Corinthia
- Wikipedia (el) - Kaminia, Achaia
- ELSTAT - 2021 census: resident population by settlement (xlsx, 29 Mar 2024)
- OpenStreetMap - Kaminia (place node)
- OpenStreetMap - Plateia Georgiou A', Patras
- Astiko KTEL Patras - Line 501 Tsoukaleika
- Diavgeia - Municipality of Patras, decision 98/2020: regulation for the operation of street markets
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Kaminia safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Kaminia (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Καμινίων) at 54 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 Kaminia itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 410 property and 89 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Kaminia safe at night?+
Quiet out of season and busier on the shore in summer. The documented risk is burglary of houses in the morning rather than anything after dark.
How does Kaminia compare with the rest of Patras?+
Kaminia has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and the 7 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Kaminia.