Violent crime in Trikala and Karditsa
Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα · Regional unit
Measured: police-recorded offence rateBy type of crime
- 86Overall safety
- 94Property crime
- 78Violent crime
Trikala and Karditsa scores 78 out of 100 (police-recorded offences, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — below-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 244,629 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
Trikala and Karditsa in the police figures
Eurostat publishes the offences recorded by the Hellenic Police in each regional unit. The figures here are the yearly mean of 2021–2024, per 100,000 residents, next to the rate for Greece as a whole.
For violent crime, Trikala and Karditsa rank 6th of Greece's 52 regional units, counting from the safest, at 78 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Violent crime: 43 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 58% below the rate for Greece as a whole, 101. Against the Greek rate, their highest is assault (−45%) and their lowest robbery (−95%).
Their nearest regional units, for violent crime: Evrytania 90, Larissa 70, Arta and Preveza 65, Kozani and Grevena 77, Ioannina 74, and Aetolia-Acarnania 45. Trikala and Karditsa are 8 points above their average of 70.
| Offence | Trikala and Karditsa | Greece | Against Greece | Rank of 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault | 41 | 74 | −45% | 7 |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 26 | −95% | 5 |
| Intentional homicide | 0.1 | 0.8 | −86% | 6 |
| Violent crime, total | 43 | 101 | −58% | 6 |
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 Trikala and Karditsa?
Each year Eurostat publishes for Greece, 2021 to 2024: offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents.
Property crime: 106 in 2021 and 90 in 2024, down 15%; Greece as a whole went from 680 to 716, up 5%. Violent crime: 37 in 2021 and 44 in 2024, up 20%; Greece as a whole went from 96 to 96, about the same.
| Year | Property crime | Violent crime | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trikala and Karditsa | Greece | Trikala and Karditsa | Greece | |
| 2021 | 106 | 680 | 37 | 96 |
| 2022 | 120 | 803 | 42 | 103 |
| 2023 | 115 | 775 | 48 | 108 |
| 2024 | 90 | 716 | 44 | 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 Trikala and Karditsa
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The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
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Questions people ask
Are Trikala and Karditsa safe?+
Trikala and Karditsa (Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα) scores 78 out of 100 for violent crime on SafetyMap — below-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the Greek average. That is based on police-recorded offence rates reported to Eurostat for 2021–2024. That works out to about 108 property offences and 42.6 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Are Trikala and Karditsa safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Trikala and Karditsa: the police data behind the score are yearly totals that do not say when offences happen, so its 78 out of 100 is for day and night alike.
How do Trikala and Karditsa compare with the rest of Greece?+
For violent crime, Trikala and Karditsa rank 6th of Greece's 52 regional units, counting from the safest, at 78 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Their nearest regional units, for violent crime: Evrytania 90, Larissa 70, Arta and Preveza 65, Kozani and Grevena 77, Ioannina 74, and Aetolia-Acarnania 45. Trikala and Karditsa are 8 points above their average of 70.