By type of crime
- 42Overall safety
- 38Property crime
- 46Violent crime
Kordelio-Evosmos scores 46 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 101,753 people (2021 census), 7,743 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
Kordelio-Evosmos 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.
Fine by day, care after dark
The note names what changes after dark and where; by day the usual precautions apply.
- 48Ano Nea PoliteiaΆνω Νέα Πολιτεία · average crimeThe part of Nea Politeia above the ring road, described in Greek sources as only beginning to be built up.
- 48Ano EvosmosΆνω Εύοσμος · average crimeThe upper part of Evosmos, on the higher ground towards and beyond the ring road.
- 48Kato EvosmosΚάτω Εύοσμος · average crimeThe lower, older central part of Evosmos, below the ring road and closest to Kordelio and the city.
- 36EvosmosΕύοσμος · above-average crimeThe seat of the municipality and, with 79,221 residents, one of the largest urban districts in Greece - built out from a 1920s refugee settlement.
- 30Eleftherio-KordelioΕλευθέριο-Κορδελιό · above-average crimeThe municipality's southern half, between Evosmos and the industrial belt, and the district with the sharpest single piece of crime reporting in western Thessaloniki: in February 2024 one Kordelio shop was reported to…
Ordinary city neighbourhoods
The usual precautions apply. The note lists anything specific to this place.
- 48Nea PoliteiaΝέα Πολιτεία · average crimeThe newest planned district of Evosmos, built out heavily through the 2000s and now home to somewhere between 8,000 and 12,000 people.
- 48Viomichaniki Periochi EvosmouΒιομηχανική Περιοχή Ευόσμου · average crimeThe industrial and warehousing belt on the municipality's western flank, part of the wider Thessaloniki industrial zone that includes the ELPE refinery and the ELPEDISON power plant.
Districts in Kordelio-Evosmos
8 places, by violent crime
All districts, largest first
- 36Eleftherio-KordelioΕλευθέριο-Κορδελιό27,067
- 51Nea PoliteiaΝέα Πολιτεία19,012
- 51Ano EvosmosΆνω Εύοσμος16,108
- 51Viomichaniki Periochi EvosmouΒιομηχανική Περιοχή Ευόσμου15,677
- 51Ano Nea PoliteiaΆνω Νέα Πολιτεία10,719
- 51Kato EvosmosΚάτω Εύοσμος10,694
- 37EvosmosΕύοσμος514
The number on the right is how many people live there. The one on the left is its safety score out of 100.
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Questions people ask
Which areas of Kordelio-Evosmos should I avoid?+
No part of Kordelio-Evosmos is off limits by daylight. The list below says which blocks change after dark.
Is Kordelio-Evosmos safe at night?+
SafetyMap has no time-of-day figures for Kordelio-Evosmos: the police data are yearly totals. What changes after dark is in the written notes — each of the 7 neighbourhoods below has its own “After dark” section.
Where should I stay in Kordelio-Evosmos?+
Each neighbourhood entry below says whether it is worth booking a room there.
Is Kordelio-Evosmos safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Kordelio-Evosmos (Κορδελιό-Εύοσμος) at 46 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 Kordelio-Evosmos is. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,300 property and 110 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
How does Kordelio-Evosmos compare with the rest of Thessaloniki?+
Kordelio-Evosmos is estimated at 46 out of 100 for violent crime, against 46 for Thessaloniki as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.