The data are hard on it. Its weakest subject is safety — an average of 10.2 recorded violent incidents and 30.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also trails on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a D, good for #84 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. On that grade it does better than 7% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Martigues 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 Martigues.
Safety
Crime per resident in Martigues runs higher than in 95% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 1,969 offenses in Martigues in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
10.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage526
Theft from vehicles414
Vehicle theft289
Burglary280
Family violence201
Other physical violence170
Sexual violence80
Armed robbery9
Theft without violence429
Fraud402
Drug use159
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.
10.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,969
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Martigues sell for €3,226/m² at the median, against €3,824/m² in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Martigues sell for €2,761/m², houses for €3,939/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €15.50/m² a month, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €15.11/m² a month.
€3,226/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Martigues€3,226/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,939/m²
599
Apartments
€2,761/m²
905
€15.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.20 to €19.69/m² a month)
8.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Incomes in Martigues come to a median €25,120 a year per consumption unit, against €27,430 in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 12.1%, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Martigues: 20,750, for 19,200 residents in work (1.1 each). Public transport took 6.9% of Martigues’ working residents to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport7%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
20,750
jobs based in Martigues, 1.1 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
80.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, a point below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 235 candidates at 4 lycées. Near Martigues, 91.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #75 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Martigues has 7 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Martigues is Église Sainte-Madeleine de l'Ile. Homes from before 1919 make up 3.4% of the total, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (6.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Martigues has a higher adjusted death rate than 54% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its eight care homes for older people (535 places) count their residents as Martigues’; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 4,879 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 4,822, 1% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Bouches-du-Rhône is 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Martigues can choose among 48 GPs.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
48
GPs in Martigues · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Martigues Hopital des Rayettes
1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Martigues Hopital des Rayettes
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chapelle de l'Annonciade: Photo: Georges Seguin ( Okki ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bastide provençale, dite aussi Maison du chemin du Paradis: Photo: Renaud Camus · CC BY 2.0
Charles Maurras: Studio Harcourt, Public domain · André-Pierre Gignac: Los ruidos del deporte, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Imany: Sylvain lasco, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rod Fanni: Rod_Fanni2.jpg : Buffoleo derivative work: Malost, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foued Kadir: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ali Ahamada: GuillaumeG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Martigues’ 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 Martigues
Is Martigues safe?
It grades D for safety, #85 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 280 burglaries and 526 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Martigues good?
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #75 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The lycée stands out: 97% of 266 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Lurçat in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Martigues expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Martigues grades D for cost of living.
About Martigues
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Martigues is a commune of 48,298 people in the Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. 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.
