Les Houches, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 10 out of 10 Very low crime
10/10 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: 5,322 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 | not published | - | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | not published | - | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | not published | - | 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 | 13 | 369.8 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | not published | - | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | not published | - | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | not published | - | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | not published | - | 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 | 19 | 540.5 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 27 | 768.1 | 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 | not published |
|---|---|
| Violence | not published |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 19 |
| Other | 27 |
Questions about crime in Les Houches
- Is Les Houches safe?
- Les Houches: Safety 10 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 Les Houches?
- Les Houches: Weighted crime: 5,322 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 9.6 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 10/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: Groupe scolaire, École des Houches 100 m
- School: École primaire privée Poussières d'Étoiles 1.4 km
- School: École primaire privée Les Glaciers 1.9 km
- Bus stop: Olca les Houches 50 m
- Bus stop: La Griaz / Le Tourchet 150 m
- Bus stop: La Griaz / Le Tourchet 180 m
- Railway station: Les Houches 260 m
- Doctor or clinic 290 m
- A&E: Centre hospitalier Chamonix Mont Blanc 5.4 km
- Supermarket: Super U 940 m
- Supermarket: Spar 6.2 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 5/10
- Passy 3/10
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 2/10
- Sallanches 5/10
- Cluses 3/10
- Scionzier 4/10
- Marnaz 6/10
- Thyez 7/10
Mayors of Les Houches since 2014
Les Houches: Other. Département president: Martial Saddier (The Republicans)
Stéphane LAGARDE · Other
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Ghislaine BOSSONNEY
June 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Les Houches ▼ −19% · France ▼ −2%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Maurice DESAILLOUD
March 2014 – June 2020
sources disagree on who was maire in 2014–2020
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).
