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Some 6,730 people live in this town, in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Saint-Victoret grades low on several counts. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is the sore point: an average of 8.1 recorded violent incidents and 20.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade lands at C−, better than 17% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #63 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools, C+ for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Saint-Victoret 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.
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The one thing Saint-Victoret does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Victoret as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Oppidum de Notre-Dame de Pitié, in Marignane, 1 mi away.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Victoret is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Victoret.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Victoret sell for €4,008/m² and apartments for €3,776/m². Half the homes sold went for more than €3,892/m², near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€3,824/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €14.34/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,008/m² | 100 |
| Apartments | €3,776/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
All told, Saint-Victoret had 194 recorded offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Victoret records 91 deaths per 100 expected, about level with both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 692 residents of Saint-Victoret died, against 675 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. In Bouches-du-Rhône, women can expect to live 86 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 7 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Victoret, 94.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 0.9 mi off. Its collèges and lycées rank #60 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 66%−15 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean MonnetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 245 | 96%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Louis BlériotBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 93 | 86%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Saint-Victoret is older than 43.6, half younger. 21% of residents have reached 65.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Victoret | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €25,330 a year per consumption unit. 5.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Victoret. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Victoret.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Victoret is a commune of 6,730 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Victoret | 6,730 | — | C− | D− | C− | C+ |
| Marignane | 33,692 | 1.6 | D | D | C− | C |
| Gignac-la-Nerthe | 10,343 | 1.9 | C− | D− | B− | C |
| Vitrolles | 36,758 | 1.9 | D | D− | D | C |
| Le Rove | 5,246 | 3.2 | C− | D− | C | C |
| Les Pennes-Mirabeau | 22,537 | 3.9 | C− | D− | C− | B+ |
| Châteauneuf-les-Martigues | 18,455 | 4.9 | D | D− | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #62 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #60 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The lycée stands out: 96% of 245 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Monnet in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Victoret grades D− for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · 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.