Wimereux, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 7 out of 10 Low crime
7/10 in France · 8/10 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: 10,459 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 | 5 | 79.9 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 16 | 255.8 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 18 | 287.7 | 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 | 45 | 719.3 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 9 | 143.9 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | not published | - | 182.6 |
| Counts vehicles, not offences. | |||
| Theft from vehicles | 10 | 159.8 | 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 | 36 | 575.4 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 33 | 527.5 | 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 | 5 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 34 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 36 |
| Other | 33 |
Questions about crime in Wimereux
- Is Wimereux safe?
- Wimereux: Safety 7 out of 10 (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 Wimereux?
- Wimereux: Weighted crime: 10,459 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 8.6 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 7/10
- Health: 8/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: École primaire privée Jeanne d'Arc 300 m
- School: École maternelle Pauline Kergomard 330 m
- School: École élémentaire Alain Fournier 350 m
- School: Section d'enseignement général et professionnel adapté du Collège Pilâtre de Rozier 880 m
- School: École élémentaire Louis Pasteur 890 m
- Bus stop: Wimereux – Stade 190 m
- Bus stop: Wimereux – Stade 200 m
- Railway station: Wimille – Wimereux 1.0 km
- Doctor or clinic 1.9 km
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de Boulogne-sur-Mer 5.8 km
- Supermarket: Aldi 660 m
- Supermarket: Carrefour Market 990 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Boulogne-sur-Mer 1/10
- Saint-Martin-Boulogne 3/10
- Marquise 3/10
- Le Portel 3/10
- Outreau 4/10
- Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 6/10
- Guînes 2/10
- Coulogne 9/10
Mayors of Wimereux since 2014
Wimereux: Other centre. Département president: Jean-Claude Leroy (Socialist)
Jean-Luc DUBAËLE · Other centre
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Jean-Luc DUBAELE · Other
July 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Wimereux ▲ +7% · France ▲ +17%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Francis RUELLE · Other right
April 2014 – July 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Wimereux ▼ −35% · 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).
