Guéret grades B− overall: better than 53% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 15.7 recorded violent incidents and 23.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,097/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret. Its strongest is walkability (A): 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Guéret 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 Guéret.
Safety
Guéret records more crime per resident than 95% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 475 offenses in the graded categories in Guéret in 2025. With 11,050 jobs for 4,900 working residents, Guéret draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. 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, 0.2% of the index here.
15.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage208
Other physical violence83
Family violence75
Sexual violence45
Burglary39
Vehicle theft14
Theft from vehicles11
Drug use101
Theft without violence97
Fraud88
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.
15.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
475
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Guéret is easier to get around on foot than 90% of compared French towns
At the census, 24.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Creuse’s towns (21.5%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). 15.5% of the labour force are out of work.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot19%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
11,050
jobs based in Guéret, 2.3 per working resident
15.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,040
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 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Guéret gets an A for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,097/m², close to Creuse’s towns (€1,137/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Guéret sell for €1,182/m² and apartments for €1,016/m².
€1,097/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guéret€1,097/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Creuse median€1,137/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,182/m²
289
Apartments
€1,016/m²
170
€9.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.63 to €11.68/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Guéret sees more deaths than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 108 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Guéret, that is above both Creuse’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,853 residents of Guéret died, against 1,550 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Guéret · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
0.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
84.6 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Creuse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ancien Hôtel des Moneyroux, appelé improprement ancien château des Comtes de la Marche, actuellement siège du Conseil général: Photo: Mattderu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien Présidial: Photo: Mattderu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Théâtre municipal: Photo: Bnico · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Guéret’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 Guéret
Is Guéret safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 208 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Guéret good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. 97% of 195 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Pierre Bourdan in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Guéret expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.44/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guéret grades A for cost of living.
About Guéret
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Guéret is a commune of 12,955 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret. 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.
