By type of crime
- 33Overall safety
- 34Property crime
- 31Violent crime
Kountouriotika 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. Kountouriotika has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Athens's rate — Athens scores 23 for violent crime — and the 8 points between them come from how the model shares Athens's total out, not from anything measured in Kountouriotika. An estimated 21,658 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 Kountouriotika is actually like
Kountouriotika is the western flank of Ampelokipoi, running from the American Embassy on Vasilissis Sofias up towards Gyzi, Neapoli and the foot of Lycabettus. It was laid out as a refugee settlement after the Asia Minor campaign, on land released by President Pavlos Kountouriotis, and is now ordinary dense apartment housing with embassy and office frontage on its southern edge.
After dark
Quiet, with heavy standing security around the embassy end and steady traffic on Vasilissis Sofias. The inner streets are dim but wholly residential, and the walk over to Kolonaki is short and lit.
What to watch for
- Standing security and restricted movement around the US Embassy on Vasilissis Sofias; protests and marches regularly close this stretch
- Dim inner residential streets with no bars or shops open late
- Fast traffic on Vasilissis Sofias and Leoforos Alexandras
Staying here
Perfectly safe and close to both Kolonaki and Ampelokipoi metro, but there is no local scene to speak of. Book here for price and position, not for character.
Reputation against reality. Rarely named as an area in its own right — most listings and most residents call it Ampelokipoi or Neapoli. Safety commentary about Ampelokipoi applies.
Streets and squares: Leoforos Vasilissis Sofias · Leoforos Alexandras
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Questions people ask
Is Kountouriotika safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Kountouriotika (Κουντουριώτικα) 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, since there are no police figures for Kountouriotika 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 Kountouriotika safe at night?+
Quiet, with heavy standing security around the embassy end and steady traffic on Vasilissis Sofias. The inner streets are dim but wholly residential, and the walk over to Kolonaki is short and lit.
How does Kountouriotika compare with the rest of Athens?+
Kountouriotika has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Athens's rate — Athens scores 23 for violent crime — and the 8 points between them come from how the model shares Athens's total out, not from anything measured in Kountouriotika.