By type of crime
- 33Overall safety
- 34Property crime
- 31Violent crime
Profitis Ilias 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. Profitis Ilias 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 Profitis Ilias. An estimated 4,852 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 Profitis Ilias is actually like
Profitis Ilias is the upper, eastern part of Pangrati, bounded by Leoforos Ymittou and the streets Formionos, Aritis, Nikiforidi, Iliados and Empedokleous — about 334 stremmata with roughly 12,500 residents. It grew out of the 1922 refugee settlement of Pangrati, later called the Vyronas settlement, and centres on its church, built 1928-30 and consecrated in 1942, and the square in front of it.
After dark
Ordinary residential quiet, with local cafe life on Ymittou and around the church square. It is further from the tourist centre than the rest of Pangrati and correspondingly emptier late in the evening.
What to watch for
- Quiet residential streets off Leoforos Ymittou with limited lighting and little foot traffic late
- Furthest part of Pangrati from the centre: a 35-minute walk or a bus, so late returns need planning
- Road and pavement damage was raised for Pangrati as a whole at the Athens municipal council on 20 April 2026
Staying here
A cheaper way to stay in Pangrati if you are content with a 35-minute walk or a bus into the centre. Good for families and long stays, dull for a three-night sightseeing trip.
Reputation against reality. Administratively split from Pangrati I, which confuses listings, but on the ground it is simply upper Pangrati and shares its safety profile.
Streets and squares: Plateia Profiti Ilia · Leoforos Ymittou · Formionos · Aritis · Nikiforidi · Iliados
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Questions people ask
Is Profitis Ilias safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Profitis Ilias (Προφήτη Ηλία) 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 Profitis Ilias 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 Profitis Ilias safe at night?+
Ordinary residential quiet, with local cafe life on Ymittou and around the church square. It is further from the tourist centre than the rest of Pangrati and correspondingly emptier late in the evening.
How does Profitis Ilias compare with the rest of Athens?+
Profitis Ilias 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 Profitis Ilias.