By type of crime
- 51Overall safety
- 57Property crime
- 45Violent crime
Paralia Proastiou 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. Paralia Proastiou 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 Paralia Proastiou. An estimated 2,569 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 Paralia Proastiou is actually like
The shore section of Proastio at the northern approach to the city, one of the three parts the district divides into alongside Ano and Kato Proastio. It is a strip of beach, summer houses, permanent homes, tavernas and beach bars used mainly by Patras residents rather than tourists, busy from June to September and quiet the rest of the year. There is no urban fabric and nothing to see out of season. Against Dafnes next along the coast it is near-identical; against Kastelokampos to the north it is less institutional, with no university or hospital traffic to give it a year-round population.
After dark
Busy along the beach venues in summer, close to deserted otherwise. Lighting is limited away from the tavernas and the shore road runs dark in stretches. No documented incidents name Paralia Proastiou, 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 shore road
- Belongings left on the beach in summer
Staying here
Good for a summer seaside stay with a car, and there is a reasonable stock of rooms and apartments. Poor for an early Italy ferry — around 11-12 km from the South Port gates, so allow real transfer time.
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Questions people ask
Is Paralia Proastiou safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Paralia Proastiou (Παραλία Προαστίου) 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 Paralia Proastiou 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 “A good place to stay”.
Is Paralia Proastiou safe at night?+
Busy along the beach venues in summer, close to deserted otherwise. Lighting is limited away from the tavernas and the shore road runs dark in stretches. No documented incidents name Paralia Proastiou, though the wider Proastio district is on the police list for residential burglaries.
How does Paralia Proastiou compare with the rest of Patras?+
Paralia Proastiou 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 Paralia Proastiou.