By type of crime
- 33Overall safety
- 34Property crime
- 31Violent crime
Erythros Stavros scores 31 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Erythros Stavros has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Athens's rate — Athens scores 23 for violent crime — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Erythros Stavros. An estimated 5,354 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 Erythros Stavros is actually like
Erythros Stavros is a small institutional pocket of Ampelokipoi named after the Red Cross hospital, wedged between Ampelokipoi proper, Girokomeio and Ellinoroson. The Police Academy and Ministry of Justice buildings are here too. It is clinics, offices and apartment blocks with no square or centre of its own, and no tourist reason to visit.
After dark
Empty once office hours end, but the avenues are lit and the constant hospital and police traffic keeps some movement on the street. It reads as dull rather than threatening.
What to watch for
- Deserted office and clinic frontages after working hours, with no shops or bars to keep people on the street
- Fast traffic on Leoforos Mesogeion and Leoforos Kifissias; the pedestrian crossings are the real hazard here
Staying here
Only worth it for a hospital visit or a posting at one of the institutions. There is almost nowhere to eat; Ilisia or Pangrati offer the same safety with somewhere to go in the evening.
Reputation against reality. Not a named area in any safety discussion, Greek or English. It is a hospital address more than a neighbourhood.
Streets and squares: Leoforos Mesogeion · Leoforos Kifissias · Athanasaki
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Questions people ask
Is Erythros Stavros safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Erythros Stavros (Ερυθρός Σταυρός) at 31 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 the estimate for Athens, adjusted for documented local reporting about Erythros Stavros; there are no police figures for Erythros Stavros itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,500 property and 180 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Erythros Stavros safe at night?+
Empty once office hours end, but the avenues are lit and the constant hospital and police traffic keeps some movement on the street. It reads as dull rather than threatening.
How does Erythros Stavros compare with the rest of Athens?+
Erythros Stavros has no police figures of its own. Its estimate starts from Athens's rate — Athens scores 23 for violent crime — and is adjusted for documented local reporting about Erythros Stavros.