The picture is mixed. Crime is the sore point: an average of 14.2 recorded violent incidents and 18.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With a C overall, Bayeux is better than nearly a third of compared French towns and ranks #30 of 46 in Calvados. At €2,577/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Bayeux Intercom. Its strongest is walkability — 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 29% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Bayeux 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 Bayeux.
History
Bayeux is rich in protected monuments: 24 per 10,000 residents, more than Calvados’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
15% of homes date from before 1919. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1971. On the Culture ministry’s list, Bayeux counts 31 historic monuments: 15 classé at the top level of protection and 16 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Cathédrale Notre-Dame.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
On foot, Bayeux works better than 96% of compared French towns
13.6% of people in the labour force have no job. 9,100 jobs are based in Bayeux, for 4,600 working residents (2 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,120 a year per consumption unit, close to Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
29%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving65%
On foot20%
Bicycle5%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
9,100
jobs based in Bayeux, 2 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,120
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 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Bayeux runs higher than in 87% of compared French towns
Bayeux’s tally for 2025: 452 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
14.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage138
Other physical violence92
Family violence79
Sexual violence47
Burglary42
Theft from vehicles31
Vehicle theft23
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence117
Fraud100
Drug use65
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.
14.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
452
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.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Bayeux than in Calvados’ towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. The age that splits Bayeux in two is 51.4. Also worth knowing: just over a quarter of adults hold a degree, about level with Calvados’ towns (26%) and below compared French towns (30%).
51.4median age
BayeuxCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
For cost of living, Bayeux gets a C
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Bayeux, houses go for €2,689/m² and apartments for €2,452/m². The median price, €2,577/m², comes from 482 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.13/m² a month.
€2,577/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bayeux€2,577/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,689/m²
222
Apartments
€2,452/m²
260
€13.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.40 to €16.29/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,330
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Bayeux Intercom
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
90.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bayeux, 96.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Its collèges and lycées rank #9 of 50 in Calvados on results.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Bayeux is above 63% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,860 deaths in Bayeux from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,939, 4% more. Its three care homes for older people (251 places) count their residents as Bayeux’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected. 18 GPs practise locally. In Calvados, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
18
GPs in Bayeux · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Aunay Bayeux
0.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Aunay Bayeux
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Cathédrale Notre-Dame: Photo: Ndesmoul · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite du Gouverneur: Photo: Romain Bréget · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite d'Adam et Eve: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien palais épiscopal, actuellement Hôtel de ville: Photo: Hamon jp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Frédéric Née: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arcisse de Caumont: Unknown artist Unknown artist, Public domain · Franck Dumas: H4stings, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mademoiselle George: Unknown artist Unknown artist, Public domain · Réhahn: Rehahn, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Éric Navet: Felineda, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bayeux’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 Bayeux
Is Bayeux safe?
It grades D for safety, #40 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 42 burglaries and 138 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bayeux good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #9 of 50 in Calvados. The lycée stands out: 98% of 93 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Institution Jeanne d'Arc 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 Bayeux expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,577/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.02/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bayeux grades C for cost of living.
About Bayeux
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Bayeux is a commune of 12,659 people in the Communauté de communes de Bayeux Intercom. 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.
