3Forbach
Forbach, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 3 out of 10 Above average crime
3/10 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: 20,782 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 | 29 | 141.5 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 91 | 444.1 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 98 | 478.2 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | not published | - | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | not published | - | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 225 | 1,097.9 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 62 | 302.5 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 28 | 136.6 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 39 | 190.3 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 24 | 117.1 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 344 | 1,678.6 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | 10 | 48.8 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 241 | 1,176 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 69 | 336.7 | 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 | 29 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 189 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 378 |
| Drugs | 354 |
| Damage and public order | 241 |
| Other | 69 |
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: 10/10
- Health: 8/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: École Élémentaire Bellevue 260 m
- School: École maternelle Bellevue 270 m
- School: École primaire privée La Providence 750 m
- School: Ensemble Scolaire Antoine Gapp 790 m
- School: École primaire du Centre 810 m
- Bus stop: 66 Rue d'Arras 100 m
- Bus stop: 49 Rue d'Arras 120 m
- Bus stop: Avenue Patch 350 m
- Railway station: Forbach 300 m
- Doctor or clinic: Clinique Ophtalmologique 790 m
- A&E: CaritasKlinikum Saarbrücken St. Theresia 7.6 km
- Supermarket: Coccinelle Express 510 m
- Supermarket: Lidl 550 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Stiring-Wendel 6/10
- Petite-Rosselle 8/10
- Behren-lès-Forbach 5/10
- Freyming-Merlebach 5/10
- Farébersviller 5/10
- Hombourg-Haut 9/10
- L'Hôpital 6/10
- Saint-Avold 4/10
