By type of crime
- 48Overall safety
- 37Property crime
- 58Violent crime
Kalamaria scores 58 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 91,518 people (2021 census), 12,861 per km².
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
Kalamaria areas to avoid, and where to stay instead
The neighbourhoods we have written notes on: what each is like, what changes after dark, and what the police and the Greek press report. Notes, not just numbers.
Ordinary city neighbourhoods
The usual precautions apply. The note lists anything specific to this place.
- 48Agios IoannisΆγιος Ιωάννης · average crimeAn inland residential quarter of Kalamaria taking its name from the church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos, which municipal heritage records place in the Katirli settlement area.
- 48Agios PanteleimonasΆγιος Παντελεήμονας · average crimeNot a separate district so much as the parish name for the area around its church, used interchangeably with Votsi in municipal and heritage records.
- 48FoinikasΦοίνικας · average crimeKalamaria's outlying eastern quarter, on the airport road, and the one part of the municipality that does not fit the affluent picture.
- 48KifisiaΚηφισιά · average crimeA small inland subdivision of Kalamaria, listed first among the municipality's settlements in its heritage records.
- 48MikraΜίκρα · average crimeKalamaria's southeastern edge, towards the old Mikra airfield land, and now the terminus of the metro extension - the Mikra station opened with the 2025 Kalamaria line and is the interchange point for the park-and-ride…
- 48Synoikismos Agios StylianosΣυνοικισμός Άγιος Στυλιανός · average crimeA named bus-stop-scale settlement in Kalamaria around Agiou Stylianou street, in the 55134 postcode.
- 48VotsiΒότση · average crimeA small inland residential subdivision in the middle of Kalamaria, formally Synoikismos Navarchou Votsi and paired in municipal records with Agios Panteleimonas, the parish it sits in.
- 48VyzantioΒυζάντιο · average crimeA small inland residential subdivision of Kalamaria, one of the refugee settlements named after the settlers' origins, now absorbed into the continuous apartment fabric between the centre and the eastern edge.
- 48KatirliΚατιρλί · average crimeOne of the smallest of Kalamaria's refugee subdivisions, named after Katirli on the Sea of Marmara and usually paired in municipal records with neighbouring Kouri as Kouri-Katirli.
- 48KentroΚέντρο · average crimeKalamaria's own commercial core around Plateia Skra and the municipal buildings - the densest part of the municipality, with the shops, cafes and services.
- 48KouriΚουρί · average crimeA small planned refugee settlement in Kalamaria, laid out around 1929-1930 with roughly 75 houses for some 229 families, its original residents refugees from Kouri in Asia Minor together with Constantinopolitans and…
Where to stay instead
The note recommends it as a base and says for whom. Scores are modelled from the wider area's recorded crime, so the two can differ.
- 48AretsouΑρετσού · average crimeThe seafront quarter immediately north of Nea Krini, named after Aretsou near Constantinople, centred on the marina and the coastal promenade.
- 48KalamariaΚαλαμαριά · average crimeKalamaria is the affluent coastal municipality southeast of the centre, about 90,000 people, built as a refugee settlement after 1922 and now Thessaloniki's most desirable non-central address.
- 48KarabournakiΚαραμπουρνάκι · average crimeThe headland quarter at Kalamaria's northwestern edge, where the municipality meets the city's eastern seafront, named after Karaburun in Asia Minor.
- 48Nea KriniΝέα Κρήνη · average crimeThe southern seafront quarter, named for Krini (Cesme) in Asia Minor, running down to the marina and the fish tavernas.
Districts in Kalamaria
15 places, by violent crime
All districts, largest first
- 58KentroΚέντρο12,899
- 59Agios IoannisΆγιος Ιωάννης12,307
- 58Nea KriniΝέα Κρήνη11,184
- 59MikraΜίκρα8,251
- 59VotsiΒότση8,088
- 59Agios PanteleimonasΆγιος Παντελεήμονας8,047
- 58KarabournakiΚαραμπουρνάκι7,908
- 59VyzantioΒυζάντιο5,355
- 58AretsouΑρετσού4,806
- 59FoinikasΦοίνικας4,399
- 59KifisiaΚηφισιά2,411
- 58KatirliΚατιρλί1,779
- 58KouriΚουρί1,778
- 59Synoikismos Agios StylianosΣυνοικισμός Άγιος Στυλιανός1,527
- 58KalamariaΚαλαμαριά779
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Which areas of Kalamaria should I avoid?+
No part of Kalamaria is off limits by daylight. The list below says which blocks change after dark.
Is Kalamaria safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Kalamaria: the police data are yearly totals. What changes after dark is in the written notes — each of the 15 neighbourhoods below has its own “After dark” section.
Where should I stay in Kalamaria?+
The notes recommend Aretsou, Kalamaria, Karabournaki, and Nea Krini as a base. Each entry below says for whom; the scores beside them are modelled estimates.
Is Kalamaria safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Kalamaria (Καλαμαριά) at 58 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 the police-recorded offence rate of its regional unit (Eurostat, 2021–2024), apportioned by how built-up Kalamaria is and by documented local reporting. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,300 property and 78 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
How does Kalamaria compare with the rest of Thessaloniki?+
Kalamaria is estimated at 58 out of 100 for violent crime, against 46 for Thessaloniki as a whole — safer than its surroundings.