2La Rochelle
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, 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: 23,877 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 | 230 | 288 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 295 | 369.4 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 393 | 492.2 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | not published | - | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 71 | 88.9 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 1,330 | 1,665.6 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 223 | 279.3 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 163 | 204.1 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 342 | 428.3 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 82 | 102.7 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 377 | 472.1 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | 59 | 73.9 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 1,129 | 1,413.9 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 730 | 914.2 | 651.7 |
| Counts victims, in the commune where the victim lives, not where the fraud happened. | |||
Source: SSMSI (Ministère de l'Intérieur), updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Sexual offences | 230 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 688 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 2,140 |
| Drugs | 436 |
| Damage and public order | 1,129 |
| Other | 730 |
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 9.3 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 8/10
- Health: 10/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: Groupe scolaire Pierre Loti 190 m
- School: Collège Samuel de Missy 230 m
- School: Groupe scolaire Jean Bart 560 m
- School: École élémentaire La Genette 640 m
- School: École maternelle La Genette 700 m
- Bus stop: Point du Jour 90 m
- Bus stop: Annette Epaud 110 m
- Bus stop: Annette Epaud 120 m
- Railway station: La Rochelle - Porte Dauphine 2.0 km
- Doctor or clinic: Radiologie - Échographie 200 m
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de La Rochelle 2.4 km
- Supermarket: Biomonde 410 m
- Supermarket: U Express 640 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Lagord 7/10
- Nieul-sur-Mer 10/10
- Puilboreau 3/10
- Aytré 6/10
- Périgny 7/10
- Saint-Xandre 9/10
- Dompierre-sur-Mer 9/10
- Châtelaillon-Plage 5/10
