City Travel Stats

Heraklion

Greece · Europe

100Safety indexLower concern
1US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
35.34°, 25.14°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Heraklion sits at the top of our index, scoring 100 out of 100.

The numbers behind that are low across the board. Homicide is 0.7 per 100,000, under half the median for the cities we track, and robbery is recorded at just 3 per 100,000. Both cover the wider metro area and were calculated by us from raw counts and populations, and the robbery figure counts only what people report, so the real level runs a little higher. The US, Canada, the UK, and Australia all keep Greece at their lowest advisory level, though each still flags pickpocketing and scams aimed at travellers. Resident sentiment is more measured than the crime data: in a city-level survey, 67.6% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime1
Robbery & theft1
Travel advisory0
The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)
0.7/100k
Figure is for Irakleio (metro area), wider than Heraklion itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 2 (count, 2024) ÷ 302495 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by broad age group sex and NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)

Where this sits on the scaleLow
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 79% of tracked cities
0.7/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
3/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure is for Irakleio (metro area), wider than Heraklion itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 9 (count, 2024) ÷ 302495 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by broad age group sex and NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)

Where this sits on the scaleLow
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 92% of tracked cities
3/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
1US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Greece Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Greece Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Greece travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Greece travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.
Feel safe walking alone at night
City survey
67.6%feel safe
Greece average · 53.8%
67.6% of people surveyed · Heraklion · 2023
% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (27.3%) + "somewhat agree" (40.3%); both are shares of the same respondents (base includes "don't know").

Primary source: Eurostat — Quality of Life in European Cities (Flash Eurobarometer, DG REGIO)

Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area
National survey
20.9%report a problem
20.9% of people surveyed · Greece · 2023
Survey figure is for Greece (country), wider than Heraklion itself.

Primary source: Eurostat — Crime, violence or vandalism in the area (EU-SILC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.
Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories
3 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Greece travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories
2 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 2 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Greece travel advice (Safety and security)