A tough set of grades. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 15.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime runs high: an average of 14.3 recorded violent incidents and 31.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walkability is its strong suit — 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at D, better than 13% of compared French towns. That places it #41 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Cannes 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.
Château fort ou ancien monastère de Lérins: Photo: Idarvol · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour du Suquet, chapelle Sainte-Anne et église Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance: Photo: Musée de la Castre · CC0 · Fours à boulets: Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cannes.
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Cannes sells for €5,750/m², more than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and across compared French towns
€5,750/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €6,715/m² in Cannes, apartments for €5,714/m². The estimated advertised rent is €20.27/m² a month, above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €22.33/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cannes€5,750/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€4,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€6,715/m²
277
Apartments
€5,714/m²
6,786
€20.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.97 to €27.44/m² a month)
15.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€22.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Cannes sees more crime per resident than 97% of compared French towns
14.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Cannes ranks last of the 43 compared towns in Alpes-Maritimes on the Safety Grade. It has 39,750 jobs for 27,450 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Police and gendarmerie figures for Cannes show 3,410 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage1,164
Family violence527
Other physical violence486
Burglary421
Vehicle theft317
Theft from vehicles266
Sexual violence213
Armed robbery16
Theft without violence2,126
Fraud660
Drug use605
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.
14.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3,410
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 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 · 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Cannes gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and across compared French towns: 31.4% of commuters
31%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €24,000 a year per consumption unit, below both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 14.9%. 5.7% of Cannes’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving55%
Public transport15%
On foot14%
Motorbike or scooter7%
Bicycle3%
39,750
jobs based in Cannes, 1.4 per working resident
14.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 31% of people in Cannes are 65 or over, more than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and across compared French towns
50.3median age
Children under 15 make up 13%, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 32% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town.
CannesAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Cannes’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 59% of compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 11,660 deaths in Cannes from 2016 to 2025; there were 10,955, 6% fewer. Its 12 care homes for older people (1,303 places) count their residents as Cannes’; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. The town has 109 family doctors. 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
109
GPs in Cannes · 4.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Cannes Simone Veil
0.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Cannes Simone Veil
86.5 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-Maritimes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
90.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the 10 collèges within 5 km, 3.4 points above the expected rate
93%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #24 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes on results. The bac pass rate near Cannes is 92.5%, in line with Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
19 historic monuments, 8 classé
19historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Cannes is Château fort ou ancien monastère de Lérins. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. 6.1% of its homes were built before 1919, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (6.1%) and lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Gérard Philipe: Studio Harcourt., Public domain · Dylan Bronn: Дмитрий Садовников, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Johan Micoud: Gabriel Gianello, Public domain · María del Pilar de Borbón: Infosord-catalunya, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Karan Singh: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Louise d'Orléans: Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, Public domain
About Cannes
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cannes is a commune of 74,350 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins. 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
Population
74,350 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins
Département
Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
8 sq mi (20.8 km²)
INSEE code
06029
Cannes’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cannes
Is Cannes safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 421 burglaries and 1,164 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cannes good?
They grade B−, better than 55% of compared French towns and #24 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. The lycée stands out: 100% of 206 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Stanislas 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 Cannes expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cannes grades D− for cost of living.
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.
