La Couronne’s weakest subject is safety: an average of 16.7 recorded violent incidents and 22.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The town grades C overall, better than 30% of compared French towns. Housing is within reach (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for walkability.
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 La Couronne 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 La Couronne.
Safety
La Couronne sees more crime per resident than 94% of compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, La Couronne ranks 24th of the 26 compared towns in Charente. Recorded offenses here came to 334 in 2025. The town has 4,300 jobs for 3,050 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
16.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage118
Sexual violence51
Other physical violence47
Family violence45
Burglary41
Theft from vehicles21
Vehicle theft11
Fraud65
Theft without violence47
Drug use17
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.
16.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
334
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
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 · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.1% of the index here. 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.
History
5 historic monuments in La Couronne, 3 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in La Couronne is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. 6.3% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Median price in La Couronne: €1,722/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in La Couronne: 212 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.84/m² a month, close to Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 92% of what sold.
€1,722/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Couronne€1,722/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,675/m²
194
€10.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.79 to €13.36/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in La Couronne, 93 per 100, but more than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Charente: 85.7 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 778 deaths in La Couronne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 746: 4% above. The town has 6 family doctors.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in La Couronne · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
1.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in La Couronne are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 12.6%
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,940 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 6.8% of working residents in La Couronne to work at the census. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in La Couronne didn’t travel to work at all.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport7%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
4,300
jobs based in La Couronne, 1.4 per working resident
12.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
84.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near La Couronne, 96.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. School results put the town #12 of 23 in Charente.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A young town: 15% of people in La Couronne are 15 to 24, more than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Charente’s towns (28%). Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. Ages in La Couronne split evenly at 43.8: half are older, half younger.
43.8median age
La CouronneCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de l'Oisellerie: Photo: JLPC · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moulin à papier de la Courade: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert: Julien16, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Léonard Jarraud: Inconnu ; importé par JLPC, Public domain · Albert Goursaud: Ladinhac, CC BY-SA 3.0
La Couronne’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 La Couronne
Is La Couronne safe?
It grades D for safety, #24 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 118 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in La Couronne good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #12 of 23 in Charente. 98% of 211 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de l'image et du son in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Couronne expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Couronne grades B for cost of living.
About La Couronne
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Couronne is a commune of 7,765 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. 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.
