5Challans

Challans, France: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime

5/10 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: 14,077 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	39	170	193.3
Counts victims, not offences.
Violence
Domestic physical violence	72	313.8	375.5
Counts victims, not offences.
Physical violence outside the family	61	265.9	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	143	623.3	910.1
Counts victims who reported it, not offences.
Home burglary	49	213.6	309.6
Vehicle theft	36	156.9	182.6
Counts vehicles, not offences.
Theft from vehicles	49	213.6	341.5
Counts vehicles, not offences.
Theft of vehicle parts	23	100.2	139.4
Counts vehicles, not offences.
Drugs
Drug use	70	305.1	453.9
Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included.
Drug trafficking	16	69.7	84.8
Counts people implicated, not offences.
Damage and public order
Deliberate damage	203	884.8	788.7
Other
Fraud and payment card fraud	132	575.3	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	39
Violence	133
Robbery	not published
Theft and burglary	300
Drugs	86
Damage and public order	203
Other	132

Living

8/10 Living 8 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.

Raw score 5.8 out of 10, before ranking.

Schools: 7/10
Transport: 3/10
Health: 7/10
Supermarkets: 6/10

Nearest places

School: École Élémentaire Publique La Melière 1.8 km
School: École maternelle La Mélière 1.8 km
School: École primaire privée de l'Alliance 1.8 km
School: Collège privé Saint-Joseph 2.0 km
Railway station: Challans 2.6 km
Doctor or clinic 2.9 km
A&E: Centre Hospitalier Loire-Vendée-Océan - Site de Challans 2.6 km
Supermarket: Hyper U 2.4 km
Supermarket: Biocoop 3.2 km

Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.

Other places nearby

Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur, SSMSI, base statistique communale de la délinquance; communes: INSEE COG and IGN via API Géo; outlines: IGN ADMIN EXPRESS, updated 26 October 2026.