City Travel Stats

Thessaloniki

Greece · Europe

99Safety 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
40.64°, 22.94°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Thessaloniki 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 concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime2
Robbery & theft6
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)
0.8/100k
Figure is for Thessaloniki (metro area), wider than Thessaloniki itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 9 (count, 2024) ÷ 1084183 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 73% of tracked cities
0.8/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
32.8/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure is for Thessaloniki (metro area), wider than Thessaloniki itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 356 (count, 2024) ÷ 1084183 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 76% of tracked cities
32.8/100k
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.
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 Thessaloniki 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)