La Verpillière, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 3 out of 10 Above average crime
3/10 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: 20,451 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 | 13 | 167 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 47 | 603.6 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 28 | 359.6 | 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 | 54 | 693.6 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 19 | 244 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 40 | 513.7 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 24 | 308.2 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | 33 | 423.8 | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 45 | 578 | 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 | 76 | 976.1 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 55 | 706.4 | 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 | 13 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 75 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | 170 |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 76 |
| Other | 55 |
Questions about crime in La Verpillière
- Is La Verpillière safe?
- La Verpillière: Safety 3 out of 10 (Above average 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 La Verpillière?
- La Verpillière: Weighted crime: 20,451 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 8.0 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 5/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: Collège Anne Frank 820 m
- School: École primaire Jean Moulin 850 m
- School: Lycée Sainte-Marie 1.0 km
- School: École primaire Jean Jaurès 1.3 km
- School: École primaire Les Armières 1.6 km
- Railway station: La Verpillière 1.1 km
- Doctor or clinic 430 m
- A&E: Centre hospitalier Pierre Oudot 8.6 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 770 m
- Supermarket: Aldi 1.1 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Villefontaine 3/10
- Saint-Quentin-Fallavier 1/10
- L'Isle-d'Abeau 3/10
- Bourgoin-Jallieu 2/10
- Tignieu-Jameyzieu 4/10
- Charvieu-Chavagneux 6/10
- Pont-de-Chéruy 3/10
- Chavanoz 8/10
Mayors of La Verpillière since 2014
La Verpillière: Other right. Département president: Jean-Pierre Barbier (The Republicans)
Emmanuel DAMATO · Other right
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Patrick MARGIER · Other centre
May 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
La Verpillière ▲ +23% · France 0%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Patrick MARGIER · Centre
April 2014 – May 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
La Verpillière ▲ +17% · France 0%
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).
