Sancerre has no Safety Grade: too many of its crime counts aren’t published
In Sancerre, theft without violence ran at 7.9 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 4 in a typical town its size. Filled in with the Cher average, the hidden counts would be 25.8% of the town’s Safety index, over the 25% we allow, so Sancerre has no Safety Grade. The figures published for Sancerre follow.
Published counts only: no figure on this page includes a borrowed average except the borrowed share itself.
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Well above the median of towns its size: theft without violence (7.9 per 1,000 against 4), criminal damage (15 per 1,000 against 7.8) and fraud (8.7 per 1,000 against 5.7). None recorded in 2025: armed robbery. Not published for 2025: family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts, drug use and drug dealing.
Theft without violence, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts, fraud and drug offenses 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.
Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 1,000 to 2,500.
What was recorded in Sancerre, year by year
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Other physical violence | Violence | 6 | 10 | n.p. |
| Sexual violence | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Armed robbery | Violence | n.p. | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 15 | 26 | 19 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 27 | 10 | 10 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | n.p. | 9 | 11 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
Counts mix units, as SSMSI publishes them: victims for violence, offenses for burglary and damage, vehicles for vehicle theft. That’s why the page never adds them into one “total crimes”.
Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).
Sancerre and the towns around it
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sancerre | 1,269 | —1 | —1 | —1 |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Nièvre | 9,733 | 13.6 | 20 | D |
| La Charité-sur-Loire Nièvre | 4,705 | 10 | 17.1 | C |
1 Not graded: over 25% of the index would rest on département averages, where SSMSI doesn’t publish small counts.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where offenses happen, not where victims live. SSMSI counts each offense in the commune where police or gendarmerie recorded it happening. Towns with shops, stations, a hospital or nightlife record more per resident, and visitors are part of that count but not of the population it is divided by.
- An index, not a total. The kinds are counted in different units (victims, offenses, vehicles), so the grade adds their rates per 1,000 residents into an index and never shows a “total crimes” or a chance of being a victim.
- Hidden counts. SSMSI doesn’t publish a commune’s count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years). In its place it gives the average among the département’s communes whose count is hidden; the grade uses that average, never zero, and a town gets no Safety Grade when over a quarter of its index would come from such averages.
- Recorded, not all crime. Only offenses reported to or found by police and gendarmerie are counted. Reporting rates differ by kind: most vehicle thefts are reported, much family and sexual violence isn’t.
Questions about safety in Sancerre
Is Sancerre safe?
Sancerre has no Safety Grade, because too many of its counts aren’t published. What is published for 2025: 19 criminal damage, 11 fraud and 10 theft without violence. Violence counts are mostly hidden: each was five or fewer in at least one of the last three years.
Why does Sancerre have no Safety Grade?
SSMSI doesn’t publish a count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years) and publishes a Cher average in its place. For Sancerre, those averages would make 25.8% of the Safety index, over our 25% limit, so we don’t grade it: the letter would describe the département more than the town.
What is the most common recorded offense in Sancerre?
Criminal damage: 19 in 2025. Then fraud (11) and theft without violence (10).
Sources: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 (base communale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2026 edition) · INSEE, legal populations for each year · INSEE, census 2023 (jobs and working residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 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.