Bessé, Charente, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 9 out of 10 Very low crime
9/10 in France · 10/10 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: 6,088 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 | 0 | 0 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 0 | 0 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 0 | 0 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 0 | 0 | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 0 | 0 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 0 | 0 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 0 | 0 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 0 | 0 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | not published | - | 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 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Theft and burglary | 0 |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 0 |
| Other | not published |
Questions about crime in Bessé
- Is Bessé safe?
- Bessé: Safety 9 out of 10 (Very low 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 Bessé?
- Bessé: Weighted crime: 6,088 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
2/10 Living 2 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 1.9 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 1/10
- Transport: 1/10
- Health: 4/10
- Supermarkets: 2/10
Nearest places
- Doctor or clinic 6.0 km
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de Ruffec 11.8 km
- Supermarket: Carrefour Contact 8.1 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Champniers 4/10
- Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 5/10
- Gond-Pontouvre 5/10
- Ruelle-sur-Touvre 4/10
- L'Isle-d'Espagnac 6/10
- Angoulême 1/10
- Soyaux 3/10
- La Couronne 1/10
Mayors of Bessé since 2014
Bessé: no party label (small commune). Département president: Jérôme Sourisseau (Other centre)
Jackie LIZOT
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Jackie LIZOT
May 2020 – March 2026
No published figures for this term
Caroline PREVAUTEL
November 2017 – May 2020
changed during 2014–2020; date unknown
Noël LIZOT
about March 2014 – date unknown
changed during 2014–2020; date unknown
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).
