The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Its strongest subject is jobs & income — 1.9 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. Crime is low (A): an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, ranking #2 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Set against the rest, it does better than 87% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Biot 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 Biot.
HousingCost of living D−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Biot than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or across compared French towns: €20.66/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €5,650/m², above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€4,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house in Biot goes for €6,354/m², an apartment for €4,982/m². House rents are put at about €22.71/m² a month.
€5,650/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Biot€5,650/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€4,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€6,354/m²
183
Apartments
€4,982/m²
132
€20.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.59 to €27.38/m² a month)
13.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€22.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Biot records less crime per resident than 87% of compared French towns
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Biot. This Alpes-Maritimes town has 9,500 jobs for 4,900 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Over 2025, Biot logged 109 recorded offenses.
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage48
Family violence23
Burglary15
Other physical violence13
Theft from vehicles10
Fraud78
Theft without violence51
Drug use19
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.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
109
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.0%
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 · For sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 3.0% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A−
Mortality in Biot, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns: 76 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Alpes-Maritimes, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.5 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 709 deaths in Biot between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 838: 15% below. The nearest emergency department to Biot is Centre hospitalier D Antibes Juan les Pins, 2.6 mi away.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
15
GPs in Biot · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Antibes Juan les Pins
2.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Antibes Juan les Pins
86.5 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-Maritimes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Biot run higher than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns: a median €33,870 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 6.4%, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 7.1% of working residents in Biot to work at the census.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
Public transport7%
On foot5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter4%
9,500
jobs based in Biot, 1.9 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Biot is a graduates’ town: 56% hold a degree, more than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns
Nearly a fifth of residents have reached 65. The 15-to-24 age group: 14%, above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Biot by age and the one in the middle is 43.6.
43.6median age
BiotAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education56%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
90.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 2.6 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Biot, 94.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #16 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. Collège pupils travel 1.5 mi to the nearest one.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Biot has 3 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Biot is Monument romain dit La Tour de la Chèvre d'Or. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Biot
Is Biot safe?
It grades A for safety, #7 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Biot good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #16 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. 96% of 172 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Léonard de Vinci in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Biot expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Biot grades D− for cost of living.
About Biot
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Biot is a commune of 10,511 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis. 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.
