Crime in Athens, Greece

For some reason many people in this thread greatly exaggerate the level of crime in Athens. There are a few hot areas, but 90% of the city is moderately to very safe, even at night. If you live in Athens (like I do for 58 years now) you will see women walking alone day and night, kids hanging around everywhere and you rarely see windows, doors and shops behind iron bars or armed guards everywhere, like you see in Latin America where it is REALLY dangerous. Of course it is a big city and you must be a bit cautious at night in some places, but there is no city of this size 100% safe and Athens is one of the safest cities you can find in Europe. There are relatively few violent crimes and the city has one of the lowest homicide rates in the world. So if you stay away of those few hairy neighborhoods, keep one eye open and don't go around actually looking for trouble, you'll be totally fine.

Got mugged in the city center and police wouldn't take a report. Scariest place in whole Europe, don't go there if you do not want to get robbed or violated.

Oh well it’s even more worse than you can think I’m here for the first time and been to cities like Bcn, Paris, etc. but Athens is definitely the most dangerous many Addicts and homeless are in the center of Omonia or Attiki. There are pickpockets in the metro also and they are gypsies most likely. But still many tourists have a good time here just stay away from those places and stick to the main roads don’t walk alone at night. Greece people are very nice

Not a safe city at all, in the center there are loads of immigrants, junkies and gypsies that would rob you or even may kill you for a few bucks. Police nowhere to be found, in fact they might delay to respond in purpose, thus not to put themselves in danger. Note that there is nothing else to see in Athens as a tourist, besides the Parthenon. So see it and get out fast. Visit some island.

There's a reason people call this place Gotham City

We arrived 6/15/23. Took hired driver from airport to our hotel. Streets blocked off due to riots. Driver puts us out 1 km from hotel. We had to take luggage thru riot got gassed by the police gassing the rioters and we were robbed. Tourist police would not allow us to say we were robbed on the report. All our cash, credit cards were stolen. We were afraid to tour Athens, so we got a flight out asap. Will never come back.

We were Europe's SAFEST country until 1991... Then we wrongfully accepted albanians (europe's archcriminals) and then georgians, pakistanis, algerians, moroccans etc. Yes, 90% of Greece's crimes (according to OFFICIAL stats) originates from those plus the gypsies. DO YOU REALLY WANT A SAFE EUROPE? You know the answer...

I live in AThens/Centar.Kipseli,many years and never have any problem.

I am a 57 year old Englishman who has lived for 12 years in central Athens, during this time I have never felt threatened or unsafe, and yet I have walked around extensively to many areas of the city that look rough or run down, always with a camera visible as I am a keen photographer. Having lived and worked in 11 large cities around the world including Caracas and Nairobi, I would like to state that Athens is safe if you obviously listen to local advice and take the normal precautions as a tourist in any big city particularly during the night.

Generally in Athens and Greece have very high crime, stolen, attacks.
Guns in Peristeri, Korydallos and Nikaia.
I live in Athens and i want leave from Country, Mexico is safety if compare Athens.