Betschdorf grades A overall: better than 95% of compared French towns, and #7 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Betschdorf 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 Betschdorf.
Safety
Betschdorf records less crime per resident than 99% of compared French towns
All told, Betschdorf had 28 recorded offenses in 2025. The town ranks first of the 62 compared towns in Bas-Rhin on the Safety Grade. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Other physical violence6
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Theft without violence14
Fraud14
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.1%
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 · For sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 16.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 5.2 mi away. Results rank its schools #5 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. A collège lies 2.3 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Betschdorf run higher than in 73% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Betschdorf records 97 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 444 residents of Betschdorf died, against 390 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Betschdorf is Centre hospitalier de Haguenau, 8.9 mi away. Also worth knowing: life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Betschdorf · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Haguenau
8.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Haguenau
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
History
Betschdorf keeps more of its old housing than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Betschdorf counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Unité de production potière de grès au sel - atelier Wingerter-Ruhlmann. Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Betschdorf than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1%
1,000 jobs are based in Betschdorf, for 2,000 working residents (0.5 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 7.0%. Bus, tram or train carried 2.3% of working residents in Betschdorf to work at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Betschdorf, 0.5 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Betschdorf are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in both Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
22% of adults hold a degree, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Betschdorf are older than 45.6. Children are 16% of the town.
45.6median age
BetschdorfBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Betschdorf
Is Betschdorf safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Are schools in Betschdorf good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #5 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Betschdorf
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Betschdorf is a commune of 4,231 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Outre-Forêt. 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.
