By type of crime
- 80Overall safety
- 81Property crime
- 80Violent crime
Pititsa scores 80 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — below-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Pititsa has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and the 33 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Pititsa. It is home to about 26 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 Pititsa is actually like
A very small mountain village and community of the Rio municipal unit on Panachaiko, at 631 m and about 14 km in a straight line from Plateia Georgiou in central Patras, with 20 residents at the 2021 census. In 1912 it was placed in the newly established community of Sella, and it became a community of its own in 1924. Stone houses, an older population and weekend visitors. The village gave its name to the Pititsa hill climb, once part of the Greek hill-climb championship, and the Eleousa monastery and the small cave church of the Analipsi are nearby. No institutions, no city bus and no incident reporting in the 2024-2026 record.
After dark
Silent and very dark, with no lighting, no through traffic and patchy phone coverage. Nothing documented.
What to watch for
- Winding unlit mountain roads, and winter weather
- Houses left empty midweek
Staying here
A rural mountain stay only, car essential. No use for an early Italy ferry — allow an hour to the South Port.
Sources
- Wikipedia (el) - Sella, Patras
- Municipality of Patras - Municipal units and communities
- Wikipedia (el) - Pititsa, Achaia
- ELSTAT - 2021 census: resident population by settlement (xlsx, 29 Mar 2024)
- OpenStreetMap - Pititsa (place node)
- OpenStreetMap - Plateia Georgiou A', Patras
- Topoguide - Discover Panachaiko
- Astiko KTEL Patras - Bus lines
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Pititsa safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Pititsa (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Πιτίτσης) at 80 out of 100 for violent crime — below-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 Pititsa itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 200 property and 41 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Pititsa safe at night?+
Silent and very dark, with no lighting, no through traffic and patchy phone coverage. Nothing documented.
How does Pititsa compare with the rest of Patras?+
Pititsa has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Patras's rate — Patras scores 47 for violent crime — and the 33 points between them come from how the model shares Patras's total out, not from anything measured in Pititsa.