The local economy is weaker than most: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 24.7% unemployment. It lags on safety as well — an average of 16.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Over-65s are 29% of the population.
Baillif has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Baillif 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 Baillif.
Safety
For crime per resident, Baillif sits above 77% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Baillif was other physical violence (2025). The 2025 count: 168 offenses locally.
16.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence43
Criminal damage38
Theft from vehicles35
Family violence20
Burglary19
Sexual violence13
Fraud23
Drug use22
Theft without violence16
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.
16.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
168
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.6%
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 and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 5.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Baillif: 29% are 65 or over, above compared French towns
Under-15s account for 15% of the population. Nearly a fifth of adults hold a degree, below compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Baillif is 51.
51median age
BaillifFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma35%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Guadeloupe has none of its own)
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Baillif, 94 per 100, but more than in Guadeloupe’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Baillif. Life expectancy in Guadeloupe: 84.7 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 614 residents of Baillif died, against 652 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Baillif · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de la Basse Terre
1.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de la Basse Terre
84.7 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Guadeloupe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
77.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 0.9 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Baillif is 90.3%, below compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #17 of 25 in Guadeloupe on results. At the three general lycées, 93% of 539 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
93%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Site des roches gravées de la rivière Du Plessis: Photo: Philippe Cosentino · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour dite Tour du Père-Labat: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Baillif
Is Baillif safe?
It grades C− for safety, #15 of 26 in Guadeloupe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Baillif good?
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns and #17 of 25 in Guadeloupe. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Baillif
Commune in Guadeloupe
Baillif is a commune of 5,096 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Sud Caraïbe. 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.
