Violent crime in West Attica
Δυτική Αττική · Regional unit
Estimate apportioned from Attica — how it is madeBy type of crime
- 27Overall safety
- 35Property crime
- 20Violent crime
West Attica scores 20 out of 100 (apportioned from Attica's figures, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 160,927 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
Written guides in West Attica: Is Aspropyrgos safe?
West Attica in the police figures
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so West Attica's figures are Attica's, apportioned to it with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025 — an estimate, not a count for West Attica. The totals below are its apportioned share; the table's breakdown by offence is Attica's, the yearly mean of 2021–2024.
On its apportioned figures, West Attica ranks 52nd of Greece's 52 regional units for violent crime, counting from the safest, at 20 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Violent crime: an estimated 245 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 2.4 times the rate for Greece as a whole, 101.
Its nearest regional units, for violent crime: West Athens 31, Central Athens 27, South Athens 60, North Athens 47, Boeotia 59, and East Attica 52. West Attica is 26 points below their average of 46.
| Offence | Attica | Greece | Against Greece | Rank of 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault | 89 | 74 | +20% | 37 |
| Robbery | 55 | 26 | 2.1× | 46 |
| Intentional homicide | 0.9 | 0.8 | +11% | 28 |
| Violent crime, total | 145 | 101 | +44% | 45 |
Rank among the 46 areas Eurostat reports — the 45 regional units outside Attica and Attica as a whole — 1 being the lowest rate. Homicides are so few that a single case moves a small unit's rate a long way.
Is crime rising or falling in West Attica?
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so these are Attica's yearly figures, not West Attica's own: offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents, 2021 to 2024.
Property crime: 1,112 in 2021 and 1,214 in 2024, up 9%; Greece as a whole went from 680 to 716, up 5%. Violent crime: 141 in 2021 and 144 in 2024, about the same; Greece as a whole went from 96 to 96, about the same.
| Year | Property crime | Violent crime | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attica | Greece | Attica | Greece | |
| 2021 | 1,112 | 680 | 141 | 96 |
| 2022 | 1,353 | 803 | 142 | 103 |
| 2023 | 1,285 | 775 | 152 | 108 |
| 2024 | 1,214 | 716 | 144 | 96 |
A regional unit's yearly rate moves with a handful of cases, and it is divided by residents, not visitors. That is why the score uses the mean of all 4 years.
Municipalities in West Attica
5 places, by violent crime
All municipalities, largest first
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
Neighbouring regional units
Questions people ask
Is West Attica safe?+
SafetyMap estimates West Attica (Δυτική Αττική) at 20 out of 100 for violent crime — above-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 Attica's police-recorded offence rate (Eurostat, 2021–2024), apportioned to West Attica with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,400 property and 250 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is West Attica safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for West Attica: the police data behind the score are yearly totals that do not say when offences happen, so its 20 out of 100 is for day and night alike.
How does West Attica compare with the rest of Greece?+
On its apportioned figures, West Attica ranks 52nd of Greece's 52 regional units for violent crime, counting from the safest, at 20 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Its nearest regional units, for violent crime: West Athens 31, Central Athens 27, South Athens 60, North Athens 47, Boeotia 59, and East Attica 52. West Attica is 26 points below their average of 46.