Wormhout, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 4 out of 10 Above average crime
4/10 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: 15,776 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 | 9 | 161.2 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 9 | 161.2 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 44 | 788 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 0 | 0 | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 19 | 340.3 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 12 | 214.9 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 5 | 89.5 | 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 | 13 | 232.8 | 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 | 36 | 644.7 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 26 | 465.6 | 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 | 9 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 53 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 36 |
| Other | 26 |
Questions about crime in Wormhout
- Is Wormhout safe?
- Wormhout: Safety 4 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 Wormhout?
- Wormhout: Weighted crime: 15,776 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
7/10 Living 7 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 5.3 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 1/10
- Health: 4/10
- Supermarkets: 6/10
Nearest places
- School: École primaire publique Jean Moulin 830 m
- School: École primaire privée Sainte-Union Coeur de Flandre 1.3 km
- School: Collège privé Notre-Dame 1.4 km
- School: Groupe scolaire Roger Salengro 1.4 km
- School: Collège du Houtland 1.5 km
- Doctor or clinic 4.5 km
- A&E: Centre Hospitalier d'Hazebrouck 16.8 km
- Supermarket: Super U 2.3 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 2.7 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village 9/10
- Cappelle-la-Grande 6/10
- Coudekerque-Branche 6/10
- Hazebrouck 4/10
- Dunkerque 3/10
- Grande-Synthe 4/10
- Bourbourg 2/10
- Loon-Plage 6/10
Mayors of Wormhout since 2014
Wormhout: Other right. Département president: Christian Poiret (Union of the right)
David CALCOEN · Other right
since March 2026
Too early to compare
David CALCOEN
June 2023 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Wormhout ▲ +8% · France ▲ +3%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Frédéric DEVOS · Other right
May 2020 – June 2023
excludes types not published for this commune
Wormhout ▲ +23% · France ▲ +1%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Frédéric DEVOS · Other right
March 2014 – May 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Wormhout ▲ +2% · 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).
