3Merville
Merville, Nord, 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: 20,424 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 | 25 | 254.9 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 56 | 571 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 45 | 458.8 | 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 | 46 | 469 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 19 | 193.7 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 14 | 142.7 | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 17 | 173.3 | 341.5 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft of vehicle parts | not published | - | 139.4 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug use | 51 | 520 | 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 | 142 | 1,447.8 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 39 | 397.6 | 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 | 25 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 101 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 142 |
| Other | 39 |
Questions about crime in Merville
- Is Merville safe?
- Merville: 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 Merville?
- Merville: Weighted crime: 20,424 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
9/10 Living 9 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 6.2 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 2/10
- Health: 4/10
- Supermarkets: 8/10
Nearest places
- School: École primaire Hugo - Pergaud 110 m
- School: Section d'enseignement général et professionnel adapté du Collège Henri Dunant 400 m
- School: Collège Henri Dunant 450 m
- School: Collège privé Saint-Robert 480 m
- School: École primaire Bezegher 1.5 km
- Bus stop: Route d'Hazebrouck 380 m
- Doctor or clinic: Centre médical Claude Bernard 5.8 km
- A&E: Centre Hospitalier d'Hazebrouck 11.5 km
- Supermarket: Aldi 1.0 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 1.1 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Estaires 4/10
- La Gorgue 6/10
- Hazebrouck 4/10
- Bailleul 4/10
- Erquinghem-Lys 9/10
- Nieppe 5/10
- La Bassée 2/10
- Armentières 2/10
