2Nîmes
Nîmes, 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: 22,882 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 | 307 | 202.2 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 605 | 398.4 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 747 | 492 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 44 | 29 | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 181 | 119.2 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 2,127 | 1,400.8 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 705 | 464.3 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 407 | 268 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 534 | 351.7 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 245 | 161.4 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 1,078 | 710 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | 337 | 221.9 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 1,382 | 910.2 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 1,036 | 682.3 | 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 | 307 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 1,352 |
| Robbery | 225 |
| Theft and burglary | 4,018 |
| Drugs | 1,415 |
| Damage and public order | 1,382 |
| Other | 1,036 |
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: 9/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: École Pasteur 260 m
- School: Collège Jules Verne 290 m
- School: École primaire Armand Barbès 320 m
- School: École maternelle Pauline Kergomard 460 m
- School: Lycée général et technologique Albert Camus 540 m
- Bus stop: Alouettes 120 m
- Bus stop: Alouettes 160 m
- Bus stop: Les Criquets 190 m
- Railway station: Nîmes Centre 1.9 km
- Doctor or clinic: SAM 30 1.1 km
- A&E: CHU de Nîmes 1.7 km
- Supermarket: Super U 870 m
- Supermarket: Spar 980 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Milhaud 3/10
- Bouillargues 5/10
- Marguerittes 2/10
- Garons 7/10
- Manduel 2/10
- Calvisson 6/10
- Vergèze 6/10
- Bellegarde 4/10
