Morlaix, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 2 out of 10 High crime
2/10 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: 23,404 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 | 57 | 375.1 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 47 | 309.3 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 82 | 539.7 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | not published | - | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 9 | 59.2 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 124 | 816.1 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 66 | 434.4 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 31 | 204 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 40 | 263.3 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 16 | 105.3 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 70 | 460.7 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | 6 | 39.5 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 252 | 1,658.5 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 90 | 592.3 | 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 | 57 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 129 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 277 |
| Drugs | 76 |
| Damage and public order | 252 |
| Other | 90 |
Questions about crime in Morlaix
- Is Morlaix safe?
- Morlaix: 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 Morlaix?
- Morlaix: Weighted crime: 23,404 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 7.8 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 4/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: Maison Familiale Rurale de Morlaix 880 m
- School: École maternelle Jean Jaurès 920 m
- School: École élémentaire Jean Jaurès 980 m
- School: École primaire Emile Cloarec 1.3 km
- School: École primaire Notre-Dame-de-Ploujean 1.4 km
- Bus stop: Aéroport 350 m
- Railway station: Morlaix 2.3 km
- Doctor or clinic: Service Médical Interprofessionnel 780 m
- A&E: Centre hospitalier des Pays de Morlaix 2.6 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 720 m
- Supermarket 740 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Plouigneau 7/10
- Saint-Pol-de-Léon 4/10
- Landivisiau 4/10
- Lesneven 6/10
- Landerneau 4/10
- Carhaix-Plouguer 1/10
- Plabennec 9/10
- Guipavas 7/10
Mayors of Morlaix since 2014
Morlaix: Union of the left. Département president: Maël de Calan (Union of the right)
Jean-Paul VERMOT · Union of the left
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Jean-Paul VERMOT · Union of the left
July 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Morlaix ▲ +14% · France ▲ +22%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Agnès LE BRUN · Other right
April 2014 – July 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Morlaix ▼ −27% · 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).
