Leucate grades D− overall: behind almost every compared French town. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 13.4 recorded violent incidents and 46.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,586/m², a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% 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 Leucate 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 Leucate.
Who lives here
An older town: 46% of people in Leucate are 65 or over, more than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns
Leucate sits above both Aude’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Children are 8.6% of the town.
63median age
LeucateAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
46%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Leucate records more crime per resident than 99% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 295 offenses in the graded categories in Leucate in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Leucate ranks 21st of the 22 compared towns in Aude. 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, 0.4% of the index here.
13.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage92
Theft from vehicles81
Vehicle theft36
Sexual violence24
Burglary23
Other physical violence21
Family violence18
Theft without violence113
Fraud47
Drug use14
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
46.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
295
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Leucate sees more deaths than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 112 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Leucate above both Aude’s towns (98) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 943 residents of Leucate died, against 750 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Leucate · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Jean Perpignan
13.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Saint Jean Perpignan
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,586/m², above both Aude’s towns (€1,923/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Leucate sell for €3,890/m² and apartments for €3,343/m².
€3,586/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Leucate€3,586/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,890/m²
528
Apartments
€3,343/m²
905
€11.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.10 to €15.80/m² a month)
10.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Leucate are out of work than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 19.0%
On this, Leucate is above both Aude’s towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Leucate has 1,550 jobs for 1,200 working residents, 1.3 per worker. At the census, 22.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot13%
Public transport6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,550
jobs based in Leucate, 1.3 per working resident
19.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,210
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 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Leucate: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2008. 4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Grotte des Fées: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien fanal, dit Redoute de la Franqui: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort de Leucate: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Leucate
Is Leucate safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 92 acts of criminal damage.
Is Leucate expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.99/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Leucate grades D for cost of living.
About Leucate
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Leucate is a commune of 4,562 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. 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.
