Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. What holds it back is schools (D): brevet results 6.1 points below the expected rate. It also trails on health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at B, #43 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. On that grade it does better than 56% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for cost of living and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Niederbronn-les-Bains 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Niederbronn-les-Bains sees less crime per resident than 79% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie figures for Niederbronn-les-Bains show 75 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage26
Family violence19
Other physical violence16
Sexual violence14
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence17
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
75
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.9%
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 · When burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (8.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Getting about on foot is easier in Niederbronn-les-Bains than in 76% of compared French towns
The unemployment rate here is 11.1%. Niederbronn-les-Bains holds 1,700 jobs; 1,750 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. Also worth knowing: half of residents lived on more than €26,910 a year per consumption unit, close to both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970).
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot9%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,700
jobs based in Niederbronn-les-Bains, 1 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,910
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 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 28% of people in Niederbronn-les-Bains are 65 or over, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 23% of adults.
50.9median age
Niederbronn-les-BainsBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Niederbronn-les-Bains sees more deaths than 63% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 5 general practitioners in Niederbronn-les-Bains. Its care home for older people (93 places) counts its residents as Niederbronn-les-Bains’; allowing for it, deaths were 7% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 585 residents of Niederbronn-les-Bains died, against 537 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. The nearest emergency department to Niederbronn-les-Bains is Hopital St Joseph Bitche Ch Robert Pax, 11.8 mi away.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Niederbronn-les-Bains · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital St Joseph Bitche Ch Robert Pax
12.4 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
3 historic monuments in Niederbronn-les-Bains, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Niederbronn-les-Bains is Ruines du château de Wasenbourg. This Bas-Rhin town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 9.5%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Niederbronn-les-Bains
Is Niederbronn-les-Bains safe?
It grades A− for safety, #28 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Are schools in Niederbronn-les-Bains good?
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #75 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Niederbronn-les-Bains
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Niederbronn-les-Bains is a commune of 4,347 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Niederbronn-les-Bains. 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
4,347 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Niederbronn-les-Bains
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.
