Cernay, Haut-Rhin, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 3 out of 10 Above average crime
3/10 in France · 7/10 in the world
Compared with 33614 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime). 1255 places were left out of the comparison (incomplete figures or very few residents).
Weighted crime: 19,133 per 100,000 people (2025)
Crime by type, as recorded by SSMSI (Ministère de l'Intérieur) (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual offences | |||
| Sexual violence | 30 | 248.8 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 69 | 572.3 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 51 | 423 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 0 | 0 | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | not published | - | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 101 | 837.7 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 13 | 107.8 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | not published | - | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 16 | 132.7 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | not published | - | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 36 | 298.6 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | not published | - | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 90 | 746.5 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 69 | 572.3 | 651.7 |
| Counts victims, in the commune where the victim lives, not where the fraud happened. | |||
Source: SSMSI (Ministère de l'Intérieur), updated 28 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Sexual offences | 30 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 120 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 90 |
| Other | 69 |
Questions about crime in Cernay
- Is Cernay safe?
- Cernay: Safety 3 out of 10 (Above average crime). Compared with 33614 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime). 1255 places were left out of the comparison (incomplete figures or very few residents).
- What is the crime rate in Cernay?
- Cernay: Weighted crime: 19,133 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 7.9 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 5/10
- Health: 8/10
- Supermarkets: 10/10
Nearest places
- School: École maternelle Les Hirondelles 620 m
- School 650 m
- School: École maternelle Saint-Joseph 950 m
- School: Lycée des métiers du bâtiment Gustave Eiffel 1.2 km
- School 1.8 km
- Railway station: Cernay 970 m
- Doctor or clinic: Imagerie Médicale Sud Alsace 68 Cernay-Issenheim 130 m
- A&E: Hôpital Charles Haby 13.1 km
- Supermarket: Aldi 290 m
- Supermarket: Les Halles de Cernay Roth Frères 410 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Wittelsheim 5/10
- Thann 4/10
- Lutterbach 2/10
- Pfastatt 7/10
- Soultz-Haut-Rhin 7/10
- Wittenheim 5/10
- Kingersheim 5/10
- Mulhouse 1/10
Mayors of Cernay since 2014
Cernay: Other right. President of the European Collectivity of Alsace: Frédéric Bierry (Union of the right)
Michel SORDI · Other right
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Michel SORDI · Other right
May 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Cernay ▲ +27% · France ▲ +8%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Michel SORDI · The Republicans
March 2014 – May 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Cernay ▲ +36% · France ▲ +3%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Maires: Répertoire national des élus and Ministère de l'Intérieur election results. Crime: SSMSI. Licence Ouverte v2.0. Maires 2014: Ministère de l'Intérieur via IdeesLibres (ODbL).
