Confolens, France: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 2 out of 10 High crime
2/10 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: 22,407 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 | 11 | 402.9 | 193.3 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Domestic physical violence | 19 | 696 | 375.5 |
| Counts victims, not offences. | |||
| Physical violence outside the family | 9 | 329.7 | 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 | 12 | 439.6 | 910.1 |
| Counts victims who reported it, not offences. | |||
| Home burglary | 9 | 329.7 | 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 | 23 | 842.5 | 788.7 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud and payment card fraud | 26 | 952.4 | 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 | 11 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 28 |
| Robbery | not published |
| Theft and burglary | not published |
| Drugs | not published |
| Damage and public order | 23 |
| Other | 26 |
Questions about crime in Confolens
- Is Confolens safe?
- Confolens: Safety 2 out of 10 (High 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 Confolens?
- Confolens: Weighted crime: 22,407 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
9/10 Living 9 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 6.3 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 1/10
- Health: 6/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: École élémentaire Pierre et Marie Curie 770 m
- School 840 m
- School: Collège Noël-Noël 890 m
- School: École maternelle Chantefleurs 890 m
- School: École maternelle Clairefontaine 1.4 km
- Doctor or clinic 800 m
- A&E: Centre hospitalier de Ruffec 36.2 km
- Supermarket: Intermarché 750 m
- Supermarket: ALDI 820 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Champniers 4/10
- Ruelle-sur-Touvre 4/10
- L'Isle-d'Espagnac 6/10
- Gond-Pontouvre 5/10
- Soyaux 3/10
- Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 5/10
- Angoulême 1/10
- La Couronne 1/10
Mayors of Confolens since 2014
Confolens: Other right. Département president: Jérôme Sourisseau (Other centre)
Jean-Noël DUPRÉ · Other right
since March 2026
Too early to compare
Jean-Noël DUPRÉ · Other right
May 2020 – March 2026
excludes types not published for this commune
Confolens ▼ −7% · France ▼ −2%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Jean-Noël DUPRE · Other
January 2016 – May 2020
figures start in 2016
excludes types not published for this commune
Confolens ▼ −10% · France ▲ +1%
Recorded crime per 1,000 people, the year before taking office vs the latest year in office
Jean-Noël DUPRE · Other
about March 2014 – January 2016
commune merged in 2016
No published figures for this term
Emmanuel GAULTIER
about March 2014 – January 2016
commune merged in 2016
No published figures for this term
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).
