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Safety in Bischwiller · SSMSI, 2023–2025

Bischwiller records less burglary, vehicle theft and damage than most compared French towns, but more violence

It places 185th of the 634 compared French towns nearest in size, the least crime first. Bischwiller’s police logs show 11.2 violent crimes and 10.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle theft and damage per 1,000 residents a year. Overall, it grades B− for safety (#50 of 62 in Bas-Rhin). Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025.

C⁻Violence A⁻Burglary, vehicle theft, damage #50of 62 in Bas-Rhin 185thof 634 towns its size

Violence

11.2

recorded per 1,000 residents a year · in the grade

Burglary, vehicle theft, damage

10.2

burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles, criminal damage · in the grade

Theft and fraud

10.8

theft without violence, fraud, per 1,000 residents a year · Not in the grade

Drug use

2.1

recorded offenses per 1,000 residents a year · Not in the grade

Offenses recorded per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average (INSEE population of each year). Violence, and burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage, count equally.

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Bischwiller

19% · 77%of compared French towns have more violence · more burglary, vehicle theft and damage 185thof 634 towns its size, lowest rate first

More violence than burglary, vehicle theft and damage

Bischwiller recorded an average of 11.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 19% of compared French towns, and 10.2 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 77%. Safety Grade ↓

Among towns its size

Among the 634 French towns of 8,600 to 16,500 people with a Safety Grade, Bischwiller is 185th from the lowest recorded rate per resident. Towns its size ↓

Written from the SSMSI and INSEE data on this page. Figures are offenses police and gendarmerie recorded, not convictions.

Safety Grade

What sits behind Bischwiller’s B−

Violence: physical, sexual, armed robbery (11.2 per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average)Lower rate than in 19% of compared French towns

Burglary, vehicle theft and damage (10.2 per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average)Lower rate than in 77% of compared French towns

C⁺B

A fairly firm grade. Built on 789 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 12,242, a few cases more or fewer would move it between C+ and B.

Hidden counts: every graded count is published for Bischwiller.

Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.

By type

What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025

Criminal damage7.6

Theft without violence7.3

Family violence5.1

Fraud4.7

Other physical violence3.5

Sexual violence2.5

Drug use1.6

Theft from vehicles1.5

Burglary1.4

Vehicle theft0.8

ViolenceBurglary, vehicle theft, damageNot in the gradeMedian of towns its size

None recorded in 2025: armed robbery. Not published for 2025: robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts and drug dealing.

Theft without violence, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts, fraud and drug offenses 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.

Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 10,000 to 50,000.

Towns its size

Bischwiller against towns its size

#	Town	People	Violence	Homes, vehicles	Safety
1	Grand-Santi French Guiana	9,668	4.9	1.6	A⁺
…
48	Brumath Bas-Rhin	10,499	6.3	10.2	B⁺
…
94	Hœnheim Bas-Rhin	11,742	5.6	13	B
…
112	Obernai Bas-Rhin	12,587	8.3	11	B
…
163	Molsheim Bas-Rhin	9,318	9.4	11.3	B⁻
…
182	Grabels Hérault	9,092	4.5	16.9	B⁻
183	Janzé Ille-et-Vilaine	8,649	7.2	14.3	B⁻
184	Andrésy Yvelines	13,834	6.2	15.3	B⁻
185	Bischwiller Bas-Rhin	12,242	11.2	10.2	B⁻
186	Nort-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique	9,570	6.6	14.9	B⁻
187	Léguevin Haute-Garonne	9,945	6.2	15.3	B⁻
188	Gouvieux Oise	8,867	7.5	14	B⁻
…
634	Paris 1er Paris	15,114	45.5	67.1	D⁻

Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Bischwiller with every compared French town, not just towns its size.

Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Bischwiller and up to four from Bas-Rhin.

Year by year

Year by year, the graded rate held steady from 2023 to 2025

Violence · per 1,000 residents

202310.6

202412

202511.1

Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents

202310.9

20248.5

202511.3

Kind	In the grade	2023	2024	2025
Family violence	Violence	51	46	62
Other physical violence	Violence	41	58	43
Sexual violence	Violence	38	43	31
Armed robbery	Violence	0	0	0
Burglary	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	19	12	17
Vehicle theft	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	7	9	10
Theft from vehicles	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	10	13	18
Criminal damage	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	98	70	93
Theft without violence	Not in the grade	85	76	89
Robbery without a weapon	Not in the grade	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Theft of vehicle parts	Not in the grade	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Fraud	Not in the grade	49	40	58
Drug use	Not in the grade	21	35	20
Drug dealing	Not in the grade	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.

Counts mix units, as SSMSI publishes them: victims for violence, offenses for burglary and damage, vehicles for vehicle theft. That’s why the page never adds them into one “total crimes”.

Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).

For every 1,000 residents

Crime in Bischwiller per 1,000 residents

ViolenceBurglary, vehicle theft, damageTheft and fraud (not in the grade)

recorded violent incidents

burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage

thefts without violence and frauds

of the three together

Each dot is one resident’s share: offenses are counted, not victims, and one person can be the victim of several.

And 10 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 11 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.

Neighbors

Bischwiller and the towns around it

Oberhoffen-sur-ModerGriesHerrlisheimWeitbruchHaguenauWeyersheimBischwiller

ABCDNot graded

Town	People	Violence	Homes, vehicles	Safety
Bischwiller	12,242	11.2	10.2	B⁻
Oberhoffen-sur-Moder	3,992	3.3	5.9	A⁺
Gries	2,868	—¹	—¹	—¹
Herrlisheim	4,694	2.9	6	A⁺
Weitbruch	2,711	—¹	—¹	—¹
Haguenau	36,391	8.1	12.6	B⁻
Weyersheim	3,512	3.3	5.8	A⁺

¹ Not graded: over 25% of the index would rest on département averages, where SSMSI doesn’t publish small counts.

Bischwiller’s recorded rate in the graded categories is higher than each of its 4 graded neighbors’.

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Where offenses happen, not where victims live. SSMSI counts each offense in the commune where police or gendarmerie recorded it happening. Towns with shops, stations, a hospital or nightlife record more per resident, and visitors are part of that count but not of the population it is divided by.
An index, not a total. The kinds are counted in different units (victims, offenses, vehicles), so the grade adds their rates per 1,000 residents into an index and never shows a “total crimes” or a chance of being a victim.
Hidden counts. SSMSI doesn’t publish a commune’s count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years). In its place it gives the average among the département’s communes whose count is hidden; the grade uses that average, never zero, and a town gets no Safety Grade when over a quarter of its index would come from such averages.
Recorded, not all crime. Only offenses reported to or found by police and gendarmerie are counted. Reporting rates differ by kind: most vehicle thefts are reported, much family and sexual violence isn’t.

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Questions about safety in Bischwiller

Is Bischwiller safe?

It has less crime per resident than 50% of compared French towns: an average of 11.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B− for safety, #50 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Among the 634 French towns of 8,600 to 16,500 people, it is 185th from the lowest rate.

Is crime going up in Bischwiller?

The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025: 21.6 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 22.4 in 2025. In a town this size a few dozen cases move the figure, so the grade uses the three-year average.

What is the most common recorded offense in Bischwiller?

Criminal damage: 93 in 2025. Then theft without violence (89), family violence (62) and fraud (58).

Sources: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 (base communale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2026 edition) · INSEE, legal populations for each year · INSEE, census 2023 (jobs and working residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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.