Saint-Malo, 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: 22,719 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 | 122 | 257.2 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 233 | 491.2 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 227 | 478.5 | 315.6 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | not published | - | 11.6 |
| Violent theft without a weapon | 19 | 40.1 | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | 538 | 1,134.1 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 167 | 352 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 160 | 337.3 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 144 | 303.5 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 50 | 105.4 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 193 | 406.8 | 453.9 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences; on-the-spot drug fines are not included. | |||
| Drug trafficking | 40 | 84.3 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 668 | 1,408.1 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 330 | 695.6 | 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 | 122 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 460 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 1,059 |
| Drugs | 233 |
| Damage and public order | 668 |
| Other | 330 |
Questions about crime in Saint-Malo
- Is Saint-Malo safe?
- Saint-Malo: 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 Saint-Malo?
- Saint-Malo: Weighted crime: 22,719 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 10.0 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 10/10
- Health: 10/10
- Supermarkets: 10/10
Nearest places
- School: Lycée privé Les Rimains 250 m
- School: Collège privé Moka Sainte-Famille 350 m
- School: Collège Chateaubriand 400 m
- School: École Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice 460 m
- School: École élémentaire publique de Rocabey 520 m
- Bus stop: Gares - Quai K 70 m
- Bus stop: Gares - Quai K 70 m
- Bus stop: Gares - Quai J 90 m
- Railway station: Saint-Malo 190 m
- Doctor or clinic: Groupe Médical Charcot 820 m
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de Saint-Malo 730 m
- Supermarket: Lidl 340 m
- Supermarket: Intermarché 780 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Dinard 3/10
- Pleurtuit 5/10
- Cancale 5/10
- Dol-de-Bretagne 1/10
- Combourg 5/10
- Montauban-de-Bretagne 7/10
- Gévezé 8/10
- La Mézière 8/10
Mayors of Saint-Malo since 2014
Saint-Malo: Other right. Département president: Jean-Luc Chenut (Socialist)
Gilles LURTON · Other right
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Gilles LURTON · Other right
July 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Saint-Malo ▲ +35% · France ▲ +22%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Claude RENOULT · Other right
April 2014 – July 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Saint-Malo ▼ −12% · 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).
