Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 1 out of 10 High crime
1/10 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: 31,213 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 | 534.1 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 10 | 593.5 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 7 | 415.4 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 0 | 0 | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | not published | - | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 38 | 2,255.2 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 8 | 474.8 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | not published | - | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 9 | 534.1 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | not published | - | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | not published | - | 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 | 22 | 1,305.6 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 21 | 1,246.3 | 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 | 17 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 22 |
| Other | 21 |
Questions about crime in Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains
- Is Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains safe?
- Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains: Safety 1 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 Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains?
- Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains: Weighted crime: 31,213 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
9/10 Living 9 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 6.7 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 2/10
- Health: 6/10
- Supermarkets: 8/10
Nearest places
- School: École primaire 490 m
- School: Collège du Littoral 760 m
- School: École du Littoral 760 m
- Bus stop 350 m
- Doctor or clinic: Dr F. Delage 560 m
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de Dax-Côte d'Argent 29.8 km
- Supermarket: Spar 1.2 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 6.2 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Soustons 5/10
- Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 5/10
- Capbreton 2/10
- Labenne 5/10
- Saint-Paul-lès-Dax 4/10
- Ondres 6/10
- Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx 8/10
- Dax 1/10
Mayors of Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains since 2014
Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains: no party label (small commune). Département president: Xavier Fortinon (Socialist)
Pierre FROUSTEY
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Pierre FROUSTEY
May 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains ▼ −11% · France ▼ −5%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Pierre FROUSTEY · Union of the left
March 2014 – May 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains ▼ −46% · France ▼ −1%
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).
