Greece’s two largest cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, have been listed among the most dangerous in Europe, according to the latest Numbeo Crime Index.
The Numbeo Index measures residents’ perceptions of safety and crime on a scale from 0 to 100. In the 2025 rankings, Bradford in England was named the most dangerous city, while France had the highest number of cities included in the top 30, tovima.com, has reported.
Athens ranked 16th with a score of 55.3, and Thessaloniki followed in 23rd place with 52.5 points.
Just two days before the report’s release, an explosion occurred in central Athens outside a building housing agencies affiliated with the Agriculture Ministry. Authorities said the blast was caused by a makeshift device made from small camping gas canisters. It was the latest in a series of similar incidents typically claimed by self-described anarchist and anti-state groups that often target central Athens.
The United Kingdom dominated the top end of the list, with four of the five most dangerous cities being British-Bradford, London, Birmingham, and Coventry.
France had seven cities among the top ten: Marseille, Grenoble, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris, Lyon, and Nice.
Marseille continues to be strongly linked to organized crime, while Paris struggles with ongoing concerns about street crime in tourist areas.
The rankings reflect perceptions of crime rather than verified data, and the index categorizes cities as follows:
- Very Low Crime: 0–20
- Low Crime: 20.01–40
- Moderate Crime: 40.01–60
- High Crime: 60.01–80
- Very High Crime: above 80
