Soissons grades C+ overall: better than 35% of compared French towns, and #9 of 23 in Aisne. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 21.7% unemployment. At the median price of €1,719/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (A): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Soissons with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Soissons.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Soissons has higher unemployment than Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 21.7%
For Soissons, that is above both Aisne’s towns (20.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €19,970 a year per consumption unit.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot14%
Public transport7%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
14,200
jobs based in Soissons, 1.5 per working resident
21.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Soissons records more crime per resident than 84% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 755 offenses in the graded categories in Soissons in 2025. Violence against people ran at 13.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 18.1 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.1% of the index here.
13.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage286
Family violence139
Other physical violence116
Sexual violence67
Burglary64
Theft from vehicles48
Vehicle theft35
Drug use346
Theft without violence255
Fraud171
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
13.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
755
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
26 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 26 historic monuments in Soissons: 14 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 12 inscrit (the second level). Soissons has 9.3 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Aisne’s towns (3.8) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2020.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
The median home in Soissons sells for €1,719/m², against €1,167/m² in Aisne’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,719/m², comes from 797 sales of houses and apartments in Soissons from July 2023 to June 2026. In Soissons, houses go for €1,815/m² and apartments for €1,609/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.44/m² a month, above Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,719/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Soissons€1,719/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aisne median€1,167/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,815/m²
372
Apartments
€1,609/m²
425
€11.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.23 to €14.18/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Soissons records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 110 in Aisne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 3,230 residents of Soissons died, against 3,110 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its six care homes for older people (657 places) count their residents as Soissons’; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
30
GPs in Soissons · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Soissons
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Soissons
83.2 · 77.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aisne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
13% of residents are 15 to 24 and 23% are 65 or over, against 12% and 23% in the median compared commune of Aisne. 25% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Aisne 18%, France 30%).
42.5median age
SoissonsAisne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Remparts romains: Photo: Pierre Poschadel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Théâtre romain: Photo: pour le versement et le modifications : G.Garitan · Public domain · Ancien évêché: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0 · Ancienne église Saint-Pierre-au-Parvis: Photo: Szeder László · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Soissons
Is Soissons safe?
It grades C− for safety, #15 of 23 in Aisne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 64 burglaries and 286 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Soissons good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #3 of 24 in Aisne. The lycée stands out: 99% of 147 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Rémy in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Soissons expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Soissons grades C+ for cost of living.
About Soissons
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Soissons is a commune of 28,046 people in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
