Avesnelles, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 2 out of 10 High crime
2/10 in France · 6/10 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: 28,605 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 | 7 | 313.6 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 19 | 851.3 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 18 | 806.5 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | not published | - | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | not published | - | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 10 | 448 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | not published | - | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | not published | - | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | not published | - | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | not published | - | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 12 | 537.6 | 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 | 33 | 1,478.5 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 13 | 582.4 | 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 | 7 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 37 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 33 |
| Other | 13 |
Questions about crime in Avesnelles
- Is Avesnelles safe?
- Avesnelles: Safety 2 out of 10 (High 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 Avesnelles?
- Avesnelles: Weighted crime: 28,605 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
9/10 Living 9 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 6.3 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 8/10
- Transport: 6/10
- Health: 4/10
- Supermarkets: 7/10
Nearest places
- School: École maternelle Blanche Neige 1.3 km
- School: École élémentaire 1.4 km
- School: Section d'enseignement général et professionnel adapté du Collège Renaud-Barrault 1.5 km
- School: Collège Renaud-Barrault 1.6 km
- Bus stop: Avesnelles Gros Caillou 300 m
- Bus stop: Avesnelles Gros Caillou 310 m
- Railway station: Avesnelles 1.6 km
- Doctor or clinic 5.5 km
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de Fourmies 13.1 km
- Supermarket: Match 1.6 km
- Supermarket: Aldi 1.7 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Fourmies 1/10
- Aulnoye-Aymeries 2/10
- Ferrière-la-Grande 5/10
- Hautmont 2/10
- Louvroil 2/10
- Maubeuge 1/10
- Feignies 3/10
- Jeumont 3/10
Mayors of Avesnelles since 2014
Avesnelles: no party label (small commune). Département president: Christian Poiret (Union of the right)
Antoine BADIDI
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Antoine BADIDI
July 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Avesnelles ▲ +78% · France ▲ +7%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Daniel BOUILLON
September 2019 – July 2020
changed during 2014–2020; date unknown
Sébastien BAROCHE · Other
about March 2014 – date unknown
changed during 2014–2020; date unknown
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).
