By type of crime
- 33Overall safety
- 34Property crime
- 31Violent crime
Ilisia 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. Ilisia 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 Ilisia. An estimated 19,866 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 Ilisia is actually like
Ilisia runs east from the Hilton and Evangelismos metro towards Goudi and Zografou, taking its name from the buried Ilisos river. The lower part is embassy, museum and hotel ground — the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the War Museum, the National Gallery and the Athens Concert Hall are all on or near its edge — while the upper part shades into student housing by the university campus. It is green, quiet and firmly middle-class.
After dark
Well lit and unremarkable along Vasilissis Sofias and around the Hilton, sleepier and emptier as you climb east. The student side has ordinary late bar noise rather than trouble.
What to watch for
- Pickpocketing on Metro Line 3 at Evangelismos and Megaro Moussikis, the two busiest stations serving the area
- Emptier, sleepier streets on the climb east towards Goudi and the university campus late at night
- Ordinary late-night bar noise on the Ano Ilisia student side rather than any safety issue
Staying here
One of the better quiet choices in eastern Athens: on Metro Line 3, walkable to Kolonaki, about 25 minutes from the Acropolis. Suits families, older travellers, business visitors and anyone who prefers calm to atmosphere.
Reputation against reality. Sometimes lumped in with 'the hospital area' because Evangelismos hospital sits at its western gate. No documented pattern of crime around the hospital zone could be found in Greek press or police material.
Streets and squares: Leoforos Vasilissis Sofias · Leoforos Vasileos Konstantinou · Michalakopoulou · Papadiamantopoulou · Rizari · Ilisia Park
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Questions people ask
Is Ilisia safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Ilisia (Ιλίσια) 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 Ilisia; there are no police figures for Ilisia 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 “A good place to stay”.
Is Ilisia safe at night?+
Well lit and unremarkable along Vasilissis Sofias and around the Hilton, sleepier and emptier as you climb east. The student side has ordinary late bar noise rather than trouble.
How does Ilisia compare with the rest of Athens?+
Ilisia 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 Ilisia.