3Dunkerque
Dunkerque, 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: 20,865 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 | 207 | 240 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 360 | 417.3 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 423 | 490.4 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 7 | 8.1 | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 81 | 93.9 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 903 | 1,046.8 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 202 | 234.2 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 128 | 148.4 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 168 | 194.8 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 54 | 62.6 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 424 | 491.5 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | 64 | 74.2 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 1,019 | 1,181.3 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 420 | 486.9 | 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 | 207 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 783 |
| Robbery | 88 |
| Theft and burglary | 1,455 |
| Drugs | 488 |
| Damage and public order | 1,019 |
| Other | 420 |
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 8.8 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 7/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: Collège Jean Zay 370 m
- School: École primaire Trystram 460 m
- School: École élémentaire Trystram 510 m
- School: École maternelle Trystram 520 m
- School: École maternelle du Torpilleur 520 m
- Bus stop: Leferme 90 m
- Bus stop: Leferme 120 m
- Bus stop: Jean Zay 320 m
- Railway station: Dunkerque 2.2 km
- Doctor or clinic: SOS Médecins 1.2 km
- A&E: Polyclinique Grande-Synthe 4.0 km
- Supermarket: Carrefour 670 m
- Supermarket: Lidl 1.3 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Cappelle-la-Grande 6/10
- Grande-Synthe 4/10
- Coudekerque-Branche 6/10
- Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village 9/10
- Loon-Plage 6/10
- Bourbourg 2/10
- Gravelines 4/10
- Wormhout 4/10
