Thessaloniki
Greece · Europe
The safety picture
A plain-language read of the sourced figures belowThessaloniki scores 99 out of 100 in our composite index, safer than about 87% of the cities we rank.
The homicide rate is 0.8 per 100,000, half the median for the cities we track, though it covers the wider metro area and we calculated it ourselves from a count and a population, so read it as an upper bound. Recorded robbery is 32.8 per 100,000, also a metro figure and drawn from police reports, which capture only incidents people bring forward. All four governments we track hold Greece at their lowest advisory level. Those advisories still name petty crime for visitors, flagging pickpocketing and scams. We hold no resident perception survey for the city.
Safety dimensions
Larger area = more concernHomicide / general violence
Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)
Robbery (police-recorded)
Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)
Travel advisories
Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Greece Travel Advisory
Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Greece Travel Advice and Advisories
Primary source: UK FCDO — Greece travel advice
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.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.Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Greece travel advice (Safety and security)
Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Greece travel advice (Safety and security)