Sancerre, 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: 10,704 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 | not published | - | 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 | 10 | 788 | 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 | not published | - | 84.8 |
| Counts people implicated, not offences. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Deliberate damage | 19 | 1,497.2 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 11 | 866.8 | 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 | 19 |
| Other | 11 |
Questions about crime in Sancerre
- Is Sancerre safe?
- Sancerre: 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 Sancerre?
- Sancerre: Weighted crime: 10,704 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
8/10 Living 8 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 5.6 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 8/10
- Transport: 2/10
- Health: 5/10
- Supermarkets: 7/10
Nearest places
- School: S.E.G.P.A. du Collège Francine Leca 1.1 km
- School: Collège Francine Leca 1.2 km
- School: École maternelle de Sancerre 1.4 km
- School: École Maternelle et Élémentaire Notre-Dame 1.5 km
- School: École Élémentaire Porte César 1.7 km
- Railway station: Tracy - Sancerre 4.6 km
- Doctor or clinic: Brigitte Ferraris 1.5 km
- A&E: Centre hospitalier Jacques Cœur 39.4 km
- Supermarket: Biocoop 2.0 km
- Supermarket: Intermarché Contact 2.7 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Aubigny-sur-Nère 6/10
- Bourges 3/10
- Saint-Doulchard 7/10
- Mehun-sur-Yèvre 5/10
- Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 5/10
- Vierzon 2/10
- Saint-Amand-Montrond 3/10
Mayors of Sancerre since 2014
Sancerre: no party label (small commune). Département president: Jacques Fleury (The Republicans)
Laurent PABIOT
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Laurent PABIOT
May 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Sancerre ▼ −19% · France ▼ −14%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Laurent PABIOT · Other
April 2014 – May 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Sancerre ▼ −4% · 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).
