One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Safety is its strong suit (A): an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Add jobs & income to its strengths: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. Buying in is costly: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 40% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well (C+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade comes out at A, #18 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. On that grade it does better than 88% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Hochfelden 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 Hochfelden.
Safety
For crime per resident, Hochfelden sits below 93% of compared French towns
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Hochfelden. 2025 saw 50 offenses recorded locally.
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Family violence12
Sexual violence11
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud32
Theft without violence12
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.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
50
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.0%
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 · Small counts of burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.0% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Unemployment in Hochfelden, 6.3%, runs below Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €28,490 a year per consumption unit, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 9.8% of working residents in Hochfelden to work at the census.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport10%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,650
jobs based in Hochfelden, 0.9 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Hochfelden is €14.05/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.39/m² a month. France’s property-sale records don’t cover Alsace and Moselle, which keep their own land register, so the Cost Grade here uses rent alone.
€14.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Hochfelden€14.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€14.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.77 to €18.33/m² a month)
€9.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de la Zorn
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Hochfelden is above 61% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Bas-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Its care home for older people (91 places) counts its residents as Hochfelden’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 449 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 503, 12% more. The nearest emergency department to Hochfelden is Centre hospitalier de Haguenau, 9.9 mi away.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Hochfelden · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Haguenau
9.9 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Line up the people of Hochfelden by age and the one in the middle is 44. Degrees are held by 30% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%). The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
44median age
HochfeldenBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hochfelden
Is Hochfelden safe?
It grades A for safety, #16 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Are schools in Hochfelden good?
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #45 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Hochfelden
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Hochfelden is a commune of 4,038 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Zorn. 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.
