Safety is its strong suit (A+) — an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With an A overall, La Roche-de-Glun is better than 93% of compared French towns and ranks #3 of 36 in Drôme. The trade-off is cost of living (C) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too — nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
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 Roche-de-Glun 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 Roche-de-Glun.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in La Roche-de-Glun than in 98% of compared French towns
In all, 26 offenses reached the police record in La Roche-de-Glun in 2025. The town comes 2nd of the 36 compared towns in Drôme on the Safety Grade. Of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (2025).
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary9
Criminal damage9
Family violence8
Fraud19
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.7%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 24.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than La Roche-de-Glun’s ages would predict, 75 per 100 expected, under Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 358 deaths in La Roche-de-Glun from 2016 to 2025; there were 343, 4% fewer. Average lifespans in Drôme: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 3 GPs practise here.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in La Roche-de-Glun · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Pasteur
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Valence
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in La Roche-de-Glun, 6.9%, runs below Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €27,950 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970). 850 jobs are based in La Roche-de-Glun, for 1,550 working residents (0.6 per worker). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.1% of commuters travelled at the census.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in La Roche-de-Glun, 0.6 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
A typical home in La Roche-de-Glun sells for €2,641/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 92 homes in La Roche-de-Glun. The sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments. A house rents for an estimated €9.48/m² a month.
€2,641/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Roche-de-Glun€2,641/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,667/m²
81
€11.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.13 to €15.20/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,220
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
La Roche-de-Glun has 2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. 7% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in La Roche-de-Glun are 15 to 24: 9%, fewer than in Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. At 45.2, the median resident of La Roche-de-Glun sits in the middle of the age range.
45.2median age
La Roche-de-GlunDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Roche-de-Glun
Is La Roche-de-Glun safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 36 in Drôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Is La Roche-de-Glun expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.78/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Roche-de-Glun grades C for cost of living.
About La Roche-de-Glun
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Roche-de-Glun is a commune of 3,569 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. 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.
