Safety lags (D−): an average of 18.8 recorded violent incidents and 26.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its best grade is for cost of living (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, ranking #9 of 12 in Ardennes. That leaves it better than nearly a quarter of compared French towns. Schools are weaker too (D) — bac results 6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: 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.
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 Vouziers 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 Vouziers.
Safety
Crime per resident in Vouziers runs higher than in 98% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Vouziers came to 204 in 2025. No compared town in Ardennes has more graded crime per resident than Vouziers: it ranks last of 12. This Ardennes town has 2,450 jobs for 1,300 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
18.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage70
Vehicle theft36
Other physical violence33
Family violence32
Burglary15
Sexual violence9
Theft from vehicles9
Theft without violence31
Fraud21
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.
18.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
204
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
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 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, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
HousingCost of living A+
Buying in Vouziers costs less than in Ardennes’ towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €901/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.08/m² a month, close to Ardennes’ towns (€8.19/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 118 homes in Vouziers. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.28/m² a month.
€901/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vouziers€901/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardennes median€1,185/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€973/m²
108
€8.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €10.00/m² a month)
2.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,820
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Vouziers skews older, with 35% of residents 65 or over, more than Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns
Under-15s account for 11% of the population. 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Ardennes’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 16% of adults.
55.5median age
VouziersArdennes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #10 of 12 in Ardennes. Near Vouziers, 91.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than Ardennes’ towns (88.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (92.9%).
91%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More commuters in Vouziers walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: 20.2%
Unemployment stood at 14.4%, between Ardennes’ towns (18.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €22,360 a year per consumption unit. 8.2% of Vouziers’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot17%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
2,450
jobs based in Vouziers, 1.9 per working resident
14.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Vouziers has a higher adjusted death rate than 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Ardennes: 84.6 years for women, 77.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Vouziers records 97 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 712 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 882, 24% more.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Vouziers · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Vouziers
24.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Charleville Mezieres Hopital de Manchester
84.6 · 77.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardennes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1990
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Vouziers is Église Saint-Maurille. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. Since 1990, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area.
Jean Robic: Harry Sagers / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Christian Poncelet: Cheep, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Albert Caquot: Studio Piaz, Paris, Public domain · Isabelle Musset: France 3 Grand Est, CC BY 3.0 · Paul Drouot: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Georges Bourdon: Paul Nadar, Public domain
Vouziers’ 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 Vouziers
Is Vouziers safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 70 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vouziers good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #10 of 12 in Ardennes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vouziers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vouziers grades A+ for cost of living.
About Vouziers
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Vouziers is a commune of 3,825 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise. 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.
