Boucau, 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: 9,430 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 | 8 | 89.2 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 32 | 356.8 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 11 | 122.7 | 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 | 23 | 256.5 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 14 | 156.1 | 309.6 |
| Vehicle theft | 13 | 145 | 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 | 9 | 100.4 | 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 | 65 | 724.8 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 54 | 602.1 | 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 | 8 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 43 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 65 |
| Other | 54 |
Questions about crime in Boucau
- Is Boucau safe?
- Boucau: 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 Boucau?
- Boucau: Weighted crime: 9,430 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 9.8 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 10/10
- Health: 10/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: École élémentaire Jean Abbadie 320 m
- School: École maternelle Irène Joliot-Curie 480 m
- School: École primaire privée Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc 510 m
- School: Collège Henri Barbusse 610 m
- School: École maternelle Jean-Baptiste Lanusse 800 m
- Bus stop 230 m
- Bus stop: Monument aux Morts 290 m
- Bus stop: Monument aux Morts 300 m
- Railway station: Boucau 790 m
- Doctor or clinic 470 m
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de la Côte Basque - Site de Saint-Leon 4.8 km
- Supermarket: ALDI 690 m
- Supermarket: Intermarché Super 830 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Bayonne 2/10
- Anglet 6/10
- Saint-Pierre-d'Irube 9/10
- Biarritz 3/10
- Mouguerre 10/10
- Bidart 6/10
- Ustaritz 6/10
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz 4/10
Mayors of Boucau since 2014
Boucau: Other left. Département president: Jean-Jacques Lasserre (Union of the right)
Mathieu HORN · Other left
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Francis GONZALEZ · Other left
July 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Boucau ▲ +18% · France ▲ +25%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Francis GONZALEZ · Other left
April 2014 – July 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Boucau ▼ −3% · 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).
