Bischheim grades D overall: better than 13% of compared French towns, and #59 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 14.2% unemployment. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 45% 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 Bischheim 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Bischheim has more crime per resident than 68% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 496 offenses in the graded categories in Bischheim in 2025. 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, 0.2% of the index here.
9.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage168
Theft from vehicles99
Family violence88
Other physical violence62
Burglary44
Sexual violence20
Vehicle theft15
Theft without violence146
Fraud117
Drug use18
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.
9.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
496
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 C+
Bischheim’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,424 residents of Bischheim died, against 1,339 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. Its two care homes for older people (186 places) count their residents as Bischheim’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
17
GPs in Bischheim · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Sainte Anne du Groupe hospitalier Saint Vincent
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bischheim: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). 4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Église protestante: Photo: Nicolas Target · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine de la Cour d'Angleterre ou du jardin d'Angleterre: Photo: Nicolas Target · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean Wendling: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Léon Dacheux: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Emil Dörflinger: Jules Beau, Public domain · Roland Engel: Nicole Mathis, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bischheim’s 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 Bischheim
Is Bischheim safe?
It grades C for safety, #57 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 44 burglaries and 168 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bischheim good?
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #56 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. 89% of 379 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marc Bloch in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Bischheim
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Bischheim is a commune of 18,558 people in the Eurométropole de Strasbourg. 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.
