By type of crime
- 33Overall safety
- 30Property crime
- 35Violent crime
Sykies scores 35 out of 100 (modelled estimate, Eurostat 2021–2024) for violent crime — above-average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. Sykies has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Neapoli-Sykies's rate — Neapoli-Sykies scores 33 for violent crime — and the 2 points between them come from how the model shares Neapoli-Sykies's total out, not from anything measured in Sykies. It is home to about 37,753 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
What Sykies is actually like
The municipality's southern unit, immediately above the old city walls, dense and steep with some of the best views over the gulf. It is long-settled working and middle-class Thessaloniki, close enough to the centre to walk down to Ano Poli. The documented crime picture is acquisitive and local: a burglary crew that worked shops across Neapoli and Sykies was identified, and a group of three was arrested for fifteen thefts committed in the municipality between 6 September and 3 December 2025.
After dark
Quiet residential streets on the slope, with the documented pattern being shop break-ins and thefts rather than street attacks. Steep, poorly overlooked stair-streets are the obvious thing to avoid walking alone late.
What to watch for
- Shop break-ins overnight
- Steep unlit stair-streets between levels
- Parked-car thefts
Staying here
Possible and cheap, with good views and a walkable link to Ano Poli, but it is residential and hilly. Most visitors do better in the centre.
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Questions people ask
Is Sykies safe?+
SafetyMap estimates Sykies (Συκιές) at 35 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 Neapoli-Sykies, since there are no police figures for Sykies itself. As a rate, the estimate comes to roughly 1,700 property and 160 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year. The written notes on this page class it as “Ordinary precautions”.
Is Sykies safe at night?+
Quiet residential streets on the slope, with the documented pattern being shop break-ins and thefts rather than street attacks. Steep, poorly overlooked stair-streets are the obvious thing to avoid walking alone late.
How does Sykies compare with the rest of Neapoli-Sykies?+
Sykies has no police figures of its own. Its estimate is Neapoli-Sykies's rate — Neapoli-Sykies scores 33 for violent crime — and the 2 points between them come from how the model shares Neapoli-Sykies's total out, not from anything measured in Sykies.