Tergnier, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 2 out of 10 High crime
2/10 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: 23,908 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 | 47 | 360.3 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 73 | 559.6 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 54 | 414 | 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 | 95 | 728.2 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 41 | 314.3 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 38 | 291.3 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 46 | 352.6 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 16 | 122.7 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 73 | 559.6 | 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 | 206 | 1,579.1 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 69 | 528.9 | 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 | 47 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 127 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 236 |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 206 |
| Other | 69 |
Questions about crime in Tergnier
- Is Tergnier safe?
- Tergnier: Safety 2 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 Tergnier?
- Tergnier: Weighted crime: 23,908 per 100,000 people (2025).
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: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 7/10
Nearest places
- School: École maternelle André Malraux 130 m
- School: École élémentaire André Malraux 200 m
- School: École maternelle Roosevelt 310 m
- School: École primaire privée de L'Immaculée-Conception 390 m
- School: Collège Père Joseph Wrésinski 390 m
- Bus stop: Jean Moulin 200 m
- Bus stop: Pierre Semard 210 m
- Bus stop: Jean Moulin 220 m
- Railway station: Tergnier 360 m
- Doctor or clinic: Cabinet d'Orthophonie 160 m
- A&E: Centre Hospitalier de Chauny 5.9 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 1.5 km
- Supermarket: Aldi 1.9 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Chauny 2/10
- Gauchy 7/10
- Saint-Quentin 1/10
- Laon 1/10
- Soissons 3/10
- Bohain-en-Vermandois 2/10
- Villers-Cotterêts 2/10
- Hirson 1/10
Mayors of Tergnier since 2014
Tergnier: Other left. Département president: Pierre-Jean Verzelen (Other right)
Aurélien GALL · Other left
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Michel CARREAU · Other left
July 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Tergnier ▲ +54% · France ▲ +23%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Christian CROHEM · Union of the left
March 2014 – July 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Tergnier ▲ +10% · France ▼ −13%
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).
