Dreux, 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: 23,718 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 | 84 | 266.3 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 158 | 500.9 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 179 | 567.5 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | not published | - | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 26 | 82.4 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 222 | 703.8 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 109 | 345.6 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 46 | 145.8 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 85 | 269.5 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 40 | 126.8 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 321 | 1,017.7 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | 55 | 174.4 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 298 | 944.7 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 164 | 519.9 | 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 | 84 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 337 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 502 |
| Drugs | 376 |
| Damage and public order | 298 |
| Other | 164 |
Questions about crime in Dreux
- Is Dreux safe?
- Dreux: 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 Dreux?
- Dreux: Weighted crime: 23,718 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 9.1 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 8/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: École élémentaire Marcelin Berthelot 360 m
- School: École maternelle Marcelin Berthelot 430 m
- School: École maternelle Hélène Boucher 740 m
- School: École élémentaire Gambetta 800 m
- School: École maternelle Paul Bert 950 m
- Bus stop 250 m
- Bus stop 250 m
- Bus stop: Livraindières 260 m
- Railway station: Dreux 2.1 km
- Doctor or clinic 1.4 km
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de Dreux 3.3 km
- Supermarket: Grand Frais 500 m
- Supermarket: Biocoop 520 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Vernouillet 4/10
- Épernon 7/10
- Lèves 8/10
- Mainvilliers 5/10
- Chartres 2/10
- Lucé 4/10
- Luisant 6/10
- Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien 6/10
Mayors of Dreux since 2014
Dreux: Other centre. Département president: Christophe Le Dorven (The Republicans)
Abdel-Kader GUERZA · Other centre
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Pierre-Frédéric BILLET · Other right
July 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Dreux ▲ +30% · France ▲ +22%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Gérard HAMEL · Union of the right
April 2014 – July 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Dreux ▼ −16% · France ▼ −13%
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).
