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 3.8 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Greece consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2.4 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 106 experiences
Safety rating: | 3.8/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.3/5 | Moderate |
Safety using public transport: | 4/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2.4/5 | 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: | 1.9/5 | 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?
Mytilene
Its really cool in general. Really late at night there is a slight possibility of having someome wierd trying to talk to you and make you feel uncomfortable buy rare case. Other than that pretty cool town
Posted: March 29, 2025
Dido
Thessaloniki
Central Thessaloniki is very safe even after dark and until about 2 am. Stay in bigger and well lit places. Avoid strange men and don’t get in any taxi with a different plates than the one you called. You should be safe that way. I haven’t been in the outskirts but I’ve heard from others that it’s not very safe to walk alone as a woman after 12 am as crime rates tend to be higher. Stay safe!
Posted: March 29, 2025
cassandra.22
Athens
Its pretty safe. Always depends in the area youre at. Most of down town is pretty safe, except a part of omonoia or a part of metaxourgio at night. Theres pretty much always people around even at night.
Posted: March 24, 2025Athens
Crowded places after sundown should be avoided if you're alone especially near the center. Overall, don't trust various people approaching you trying to sell you things when in areas like Monastiraki metro station. Greek police number 100. Stay safe !
Posted: March 22, 2025
Fairouz
Athens
Generally Athens is considered safe in most areas. But there are a few areas that should be avoided especially during the night. Some of these areas are Omonoia, Metaksourgeio, Attiki. Do not book your stays in these areas.
Posted: March 19, 2025
Mania
Athens
Some areas are safe some are not, better be safe than sorry. Be careful to not get caught with pepper spray because here it is considered illegal. Please carry something sharp like keys. Also be careful in dark alleys
Posted: March 16, 2025Larissa
Larissa isn't a very big city. When walking in the centre even late at night I feel quite safe cause there are usually people out either chilling at the squares or in bars. The more you go towards the edge of the city the less busy it gets so it might feel a bit more unnerving, but when it comes to the centre of the city you can walk around with no problem till quite late
Posted: March 16, 2025Thessaloniki
As a young woman, I feel safe walking home alone at night. I have been living in Thessaloniki for nearly 3 months, and I have never experienced offensive, harassing or disturbing behaviour from locals so far.
Posted: March 14, 2025Athens
Is fine but also should be aware There some regions less safe than other For solo travelers should check where you can walk at night and where you can not in advance Always keep in mind for peak pockets
Posted: March 12, 2025Athens
Personally I have never experienced something dangerous in Athens even thought I live in a sketchy area. But for someone that doesn’t know the streets and is not from Athens I think that has to be a bit more careful especially at night and avoid dark streets.
Posted: March 12, 2025Is Greece worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 157 experiences from female travelers
Finya
Germany
Crete, Family travel
I would recommend to plan your activities beforehand, I definitely spend to much time on trying to decide what to do! Every local i met was pretty friendly so no need for worries if you don’t know where you are or if you need to some inspiration on what to do, just ask around :) The food where nearly everywhere amazing BUT if you wanna get ice cream search for a local place, all those „pretty“ tourist spots aren’t that good.
Posted: April 2, 2025
Grace
Italy
Athens, Solo travel
I stayed in the Safestay Hostel in Monastiraki and it was quite safe and inexpensive. It was also right by the metro station so it was easy to travel to other parts of the city. There are many people that will try to sell you things in the square but if you ignore them they will leave you alone.
Posted: April 1, 2025Meet locals in Greece
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