2Brest
Brest, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 2 out of 10 High crime
2/10 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: 22,408 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 | 368 | 258.5 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 590 | 414.5 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 657 | 461.6 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 29 | 20.4 | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 224 | 157.4 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 1,602 | 1,125.4 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 400 | 281 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 312 | 219.2 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 538 | 378 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 157 | 110.3 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 561 | 394.1 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | 154 | 108.2 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 1,653 | 1,161.3 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 942 | 661.8 | 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 | 368 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 1,247 |
| Robbery | 253 |
| Theft and burglary | 3,009 |
| Drugs | 715 |
| Damage and public order | 1,653 |
| Other | 942 |
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 9.8 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 10/10
- Health: 10/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: École Saint-Yves 240 m
- School: Groupe Scolaire Lucie et Raymond Aubrac 570 m
- School: École Langevin-Freinet 620 m
- School: École maternelle privée de l'Ange Gardien 710 m
- School: Collège de la Croix Rouge 730 m
- Bus stop: Franklin 140 m
- Bus stop: Franklin 150 m
- Bus stop: Charpentier 160 m
- Railway station: Brest 2.7 km
- Tram or metro stop: Université 850 m
- Doctor or clinic: Cabinet Médical 290 m
- A&E: Hôpital Morvan 1.6 km
- Supermarket: Super U 410 m
- Supermarket: Netto 450 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Guilers 7/10
- Gouesnou 8/10
- Le Relecq-Kerhuon 8/10
- Plouzané 8/10
- Guipavas 7/10
- Saint-Renan 8/10
- Plougastel-Daoulas 9/10
- Plabennec 9/10
