Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime
5/10 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: 13,738 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 | 10 | 685.4 | 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 | not published | - | 72 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft from people without violence | not published | - | 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 | 0 | 0 | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 6 | 411.2 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | not published | - | 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 | not published |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 6 |
| Other | not published |
Questions about crime in Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
- Is Saint-Bonnet-le-Château safe?
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Château: Safety 5 out of 10 (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 Saint-Bonnet-le-Château?
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Château: Weighted crime: 13,738 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
9/10 Living 9 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 6.8 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 4/10
- Health: 3/10
- Supermarkets: 10/10
Nearest places
- School: Collège privé Saint-Joseph 460 m
- School: École primaire privée Peyrard 480 m
- School: École maternelle Les Mésanges 500 m
- School: Salle de Technologie 510 m
- School: Collège Émile Falabrègue 570 m
- Bus stop: Boulevard du Haut Forez 100 m
- Bus stop: Boulevard du Haut Forez 130 m
- Railway station: Estivareilles 4.4 km
- A&E: Centre hospitalier du Forez 20.9 km
- Supermarket: Biocoop 120 m
- Supermarket: Super U 1.0 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez 8/10
- Sury-le-Comtal 5/10
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert 7/10
- Unieux 4/10
- Firminy 2/10
- Montbrison 3/10
- Roche-la-Molière 8/10
- Andrézieux-Bouthéon 4/10
Mayors of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château since 2014
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château: no party label (small commune). Département president: Georges Ziegler (The Republicans)
Franck CHASSAGNEUX
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Patrick LEDIEU
May 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château ▼ −61% · France ▼ −10%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Roger VIOLANTE · Other
March 2014 – May 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château ▲ +2% · France ▼ −4%
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).
