Violent crime in South Athens
Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών · Regional unit
Estimate apportioned from Attica — how it is madeBy type of crime
- 54Overall safety
- 48Property crime
- 60Violent crime
South Athens scores 60 out of 100 (apportioned from Attica's figures, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 529,826 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
South Athens in the police figures
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so South Athens's figures are Attica's, apportioned to it with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025 — an estimate, not a count for South Athens. The totals below are its apportioned share; the table's breakdown by offence is Attica's, the yearly mean of 2021–2024.
On its apportioned figures, South Athens ranks 28th of Greece's 52 regional units for violent crime, counting from the safest, at 60 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Violent crime: an estimated 73 offences per 100,000 residents a year, 27% below the rate for Greece as a whole, 101.
Its nearest regional units, for violent crime: Central Athens 27, West Athens 31, North Athens 47, East Attica 52, West Attica 20, and Piraeus and the Islands 40. South Athens is 24 points above their average of 36.
| Offence | Attica | Greece | Against Greece | Rank of 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault | 89 | 74 | +20% | 37 |
| Robbery | 55 | 26 | 2.1× | 46 |
| Intentional homicide | 0.9 | 0.8 | +11% | 28 |
| Violent crime, total | 145 | 101 | +44% | 45 |
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 South Athens?
Eurostat reports Attica only as a whole, so these are Attica's yearly figures, not South Athens's own: offences recorded by the Hellenic Police per 100,000 residents, 2021 to 2024.
Property crime: 1,112 in 2021 and 1,214 in 2024, up 9%; Greece as a whole went from 680 to 716, up 5%. Violent crime: 141 in 2021 and 144 in 2024, about the same; Greece as a whole went from 96 to 96, about the same.
| Year | Property crime | Violent crime | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attica | Greece | Attica | Greece | |
| 2021 | 1,112 | 680 | 141 | 96 |
| 2022 | 1,353 | 803 | 142 | 103 |
| 2023 | 1,285 | 775 | 152 | 108 |
| 2024 | 1,214 | 716 | 144 | 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 South Athens
8 places, by violent crime
Safest
Most crime
All municipalities, largest first
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
Neighbouring regional units
Questions people ask
Is South Athens safe?+
SafetyMap estimates South Athens (Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών) at 60 out of 100 for violent crime — 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 Attica's police-recorded offence rate (Eurostat, 2021–2024), apportioned to South Athens with multipliers from the Hellenic Police yearbooks for 2024 and 2025. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 800 property and 73 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is South Athens safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for South Athens: the police data behind the score are yearly totals that do not say when offences happen, so its 60 out of 100 is for day and night alike.
How does South Athens compare with the rest of Greece?+
On its apportioned figures, South Athens ranks 28th of Greece's 52 regional units for violent crime, counting from the safest, at 60 out of 100 against 50 for the country as a whole. Its nearest regional units, for violent crime: Central Athens 27, West Athens 31, North Athens 47, East Attica 52, West Attica 20, and Piraeus and the Islands 40. South Athens is 24 points above their average of 36.