Benfeld grades A− overall: better than 82% of compared French towns, and #24 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its strongest is walkability (A): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% 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 Benfeld 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 Benfeld.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Benfeld is easier to get around on foot than 94% of compared French towns
20.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). Benfeld has 3,550 jobs for 2,750 working residents, 1.3 per worker.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
Public transport10%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,550
jobs based in Benfeld, 1.3 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,680
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
History
Benfeld is rich in protected monuments: 17 per 10,000 residents, more than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Benfeld, that is above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (3.9) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Benfeld, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Benfeld sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 92 in Bas-Rhin’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 620 residents of Benfeld died, against 544 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. Its three care homes for older people (169 places) count their residents as Benfeld’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
15
GPs in Benfeld · 4.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
10.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Benfeld has more crime per resident than 53% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 154 offenses in the graded categories in Benfeld in 2025. For armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 3.9% of the index here.
13.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage52
Family violence45
Sexual violence32
Other physical violence25
Fraud46
Theft without violence40
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.
13.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
154
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Benfeld
Is Benfeld safe?
It grades B− for safety, #51 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Are schools in Benfeld good?
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #25 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Benfeld
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Benfeld is a commune of 5,973 people in the Communauté de communes du Canton d'Erstein. 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.
