Safety lags: an average of 21.1 recorded violent incidents and 46.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 17.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: nearly four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 30% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at D, better than just over a tenth of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #41 of 46 in Calvados.
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 Deauville 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 Deauville.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Deauville than in 100% of compared French towns
Deauville ranks last of the 46 compared towns in Calvados on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 212 offenses locally in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Deauville (4,900 to 1,050): it draws people in from around. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
21.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage93
Other physical violence43
Burglary20
Family violence19
Sexual violence14
Theft from vehicles13
Vehicle theft10
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence147
Drug use132
Fraud30
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.
21.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
46.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
212
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Deauville: 47% are 65 or over, above Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
6.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Calvados’ towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 8.2% of residents. Deauville has a median age of 63.3.
63.3median age
DeauvilleCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
47%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 74 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 D−
Homes in Deauville cost more than in Calvados’ towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €6,735/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.73/m² a month, above both Calvados’ towns (€12.67/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). No town in Calvados costs more to buy into than Deauville, at €6,735/m², the highest of 53. Of the homes sold, 21% were houses.
€6,735/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Deauville€6,735/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€6,740/m²
145
Apartments
€6,728/m²
546
€16.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.95 to €23.41/m² a month)
17.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,330
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur Côte Fleurie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Deauville is easier to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €27,260 a year per consumption unit, above both Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and compared French towns (€25,970). 12.4% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Deauville went to work by public transport.
30%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving57%
On foot19%
Public transport6%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter3%
4,900
jobs based in Deauville, 4.6 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Deauville’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 66% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Deauville’s deaths ran at 94 per 100 expected, close to Calvados’ towns (92) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 764 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 717, 6% fewer. Also worth knowing: women in Calvados live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 15 family doctors.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
15
GPs in Deauville · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Cote Fleurie site de Cricqueboeuf
12 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de L Estuaire
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
4 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2005
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2005. Among the classé monuments in Deauville is Ancienne église paroissiale, ou chapelle Saint-Laurent.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 1.7 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #20 of 50 in Calvados. Near Deauville, 92.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near both Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
92%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ancienne église paroissiale, ou chapelle Saint-Laurent: Photo: HaguardDuNord · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Établissement des bains de mer dit « Bains Pompéiens »: Photo: PasoLobo · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Deauville
Is Deauville safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 93 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Deauville good?
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #20 of 50 in Calvados. 90% of 173 candidates passed the bac at Lycée André Maurois in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Deauville expensive to live in?
By type: houses €6,740/m² (145 sales), apartments €6,728/m² (546 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Deauville grades D− for cost of living.
About Deauville
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Deauville is a commune of 3,539 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur Côte Fleurie. 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.
