Is Greece Safe for Women? Crime Rate in Greece
Safety rating
Women living in Greece consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 3.7 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Greece consider the crime rate to be moderate, with an overall crime rating of 2.5 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 5% percentage of women in Greece have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
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Crime & Safety Statistics
Based on 148 experiences
Safety rating: | 3.7/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.2/5 | Moderate |
Safety using public transport: | 4/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2.5/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2.6/5 | Moderate |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 2.1/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 2/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 2/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 2.1/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Greece?
Athens
Athens can be dangerous for women, especially at night. Incidents of harassment, groping in public transport, and even physical attacks have occurred in areas like Omonia and Pedion Areos. It’s not always like this, but it’s important to stay alert and aware — these things do happen.
Posted: June 15, 2025Regional Unit of Central Athens
My neighbourhood is pretty safe compared to others We have transportation near my house Its not exactly in the center of athens but its pretty close with transportation We have a police station about 20 mins away(if you go by foot)
Posted: June 12, 2025Volos
Volos is a relatively small town, not much going on tbh Have definitely been catcalled outside (it makes me sad that this is expected) but never felt particularly threatened. Generally, a pretty chill small town ig...
Posted: June 10, 2025Patras
Patras is a relatively safe city. Even though some streets are dark at night, it's pretty safe. I live there by myself and I feel safe in public transportation, I usually come home by myself at night, the worst thing that has happened is either catcalling by young teenage boys or old men hitting on me, but without getting close to me. The elderly in Greece generally tend to voice their attractions, so be careful.
Posted: June 10, 2025
Katerina
Thessaloniki
Safety depends on the area you’re staying at, I personally live near the city centre so there’s always nightlife and people around, and there’s 24/7 police officers less than 2 minutes from my apartment! So overall very very safe :) It really depends on where you’re staying though.
Posted: June 5, 2025Thessaloniki
In general it is a very safe city where you can walk by yourself in most places and all day around. Normally people are out so it feels safer to walk among natives or students and I would say I'd never had a bad experience even when walking alone late.
Posted: June 2, 2025Safety in Greece
Athens
Santorini
Thessaloniki
Rhodes
Xanthi
Heraklion
Komotini
Drama
Volos
Piraeus
Trikala
Ioannina
Patras
Kalamata
Chania
Akrata
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