By type of crime
- 38Overall safety
- 39Property crime
- 37Violent crime
Evangelistria scores 37 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Evangelistria has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Piraeus's rate — Piraeus scores 36 for violent crime — and the 1 point between them comes from how the model shares Piraeus's total out, not from anything measured in Evangelistria. An estimated 11,307 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 Evangelistria is actually like
A dense central district just above Pasalimani, named for its church, built with the neighbouring old people's home at the end of the 19th century. Its axes are Leoforos Grigoriou Lampraki and Tzavella, which climbs toward Kastella hill, meeting at the church. One of the most heavily populated parts of the city, with many students because the University of Piraeus sits alongside it at Karaoli & Dimitriou 80. Profitis Ilias's Thursday street market (laiki), 07:30-15:30, moves between streets during the year, and one of its spots, Voulgari street, is inside the district.
After dark
Student-flavoured and reasonably lively on Lampraki and around the university; the steeper residential lanes toward Kastella go quiet. Nothing documented specifically here in 2024-26.
Staying here
Central, cheap and a short walk down to Zea or across to Dimotiko Theatro metro. A sensible mid-range base before a ferry, especially if you want to eat somewhere that is not a port kebab shop.
Streets and squares: Grigoriou Lampraki · Tzavella · Karaoli & Dimitriou
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Questions people ask
Is Evangelistria safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Evangelistria (Ευαγγελίστρια) at 37 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 Piraeus, since there are no police figures for Evangelistria itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,200 property and 150 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Evangelistria safe at night?+
Student-flavoured and reasonably lively on Lampraki and around the university; the steeper residential lanes toward Kastella go quiet. Nothing documented specifically here in 2024-26.
How does Evangelistria compare with the rest of Piraeus?+
Evangelistria has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Piraeus's rate — Piraeus scores 36 for violent crime — and the 1 point between them comes from how the model shares Piraeus's total out, not from anything measured in Evangelistria.