Strong in places, weak in others. Buying in is costly: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 53% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its strong suit — 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 34% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a C+, good for #53 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Nationally, it does better than 41% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety, B− for schools, B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Illkirch-Graffenstaden 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
On foot, Illkirch-Graffenstaden works better than 94% of compared French towns
34%walk, cycle or take transit
Per resident in work, Illkirch-Graffenstaden counts 1.3 jobs (16,000 jobs, 12,750 workers). Unemployment stood at 10.5%, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took nearly a fifth of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving60%
Public transport19%
Bicycle10%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
16,000
jobs based in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 1.3 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Illkirch-Graffenstaden ranks above 59% of compared French towns for crime per resident
7.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded offenses in Illkirch-Graffenstaden came to 668 in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.2 violent offenses and 16.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Illkirch-Graffenstaden (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage244
Other physical violence95
Burglary95
Family violence84
Theft from vehicles72
Sexual violence47
Vehicle theft31
Theft without violence258
Fraud206
Drug use21
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.
7.2
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
668
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B
Illkirch-Graffenstaden records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 92 in Bas-Rhin’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2,326 deaths in Illkirch-Graffenstaden between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,502: 7% below. Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 30 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
30
GPs in Illkirch-Graffenstaden · 5.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Civil Nouvel Hopital Civil
4.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Rhena Gcs Es
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
84.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the 11 collèges within 5 km, 4.5 points above the expected rate
93%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 85% passed the bac pro, of 388 candidates at 4 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 89.7% passed the bac, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Its schools’ results rank #52 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten: Stevievong at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Illkirch-Graffenstaden is a commune of 27,872 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
Population
27,872 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Eurométropole de Strasbourg
Département
Bas-Rhin (67)
Région
Grand Est
Area
8.6 sq mi (22.2 km²)
INSEE code
67218
Illkirch-Graffenstaden’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 Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Is Illkirch-Graffenstaden safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #55 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 95 burglaries and 244 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Illkirch-Graffenstaden good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #52 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. 96% of 221 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Le Corbusier in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.
