2Arcachon
Arcachon, 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: 24,908 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 | 26 | 234.4 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 62 | 559 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 55 | 495.9 | 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 | 207 | 1,866.2 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 70 | 631.1 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 17 | 153.3 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 35 | 315.5 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 14 | 126.2 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 52 | 468.8 | 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 | 184 | 1,658.9 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 79 | 712.2 | 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 | 26 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 117 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 343 |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 184 |
| Other | 79 |
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 8.3 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 7/10
- Health: 8/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: Lycée général et technologique Grand Air 610 m
- School: Collège Marie Bartette 660 m
- School: Lycée industriel et hôtelier Condorcet 670 m
- School: École maternelle Osiris 1.0 km
- School: École élémentaire Les Abatilles 1.0 km
- Bus stop: Camping d'Arcachon 340 m
- Bus stop: Camping d'Arcachon 380 m
- Bus stop: Lakmé 390 m
- Railway station: Arcachon 970 m
- Doctor or clinic: Cabinet Médical 1.1 km
- A&E: Centre Hospitalier d‘Arcachon 6.1 km
- Supermarket: Intermarché 930 m
- Supermarket: Monoprix 1.0 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- La Teste-de-Buch 4/10
- Lège-Cap-Ferret 2/10
- Gujan-Mestras 4/10
- Andernos-les-Bains 5/10
- Le Teich 9/10
- Biganos 5/10
- Arès 7/10
- Audenge 7/10
