Saint-Claude’s strongest is safety — an average of 9.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Claude 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 Saint-Claude 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 Saint-Claude.
History
Saint-Claude has 6 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, below compared French towns (7.4%). For its size, Saint-Claude has 5.9 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments in the town is Habitation La Joséphine. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Claude has less crime per resident than 71% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Saint-Claude was other physical violence (2025). For 2025, the figures show 173 offenses here. The town ranks first of the 26 compared towns in Guadeloupe on the Safety Grade.
9.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence49
Criminal damage49
Family violence41
Theft from vehicles18
Sexual violence16
Fraud41
Theft without violence28
Drug use20
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.
9.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
173
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.8%
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 · When armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Saint-Claude sees 92 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Guadeloupe’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Guadeloupe, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 934 residents of Saint-Claude died, against 963 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Claude is Centre hospitalier de la Basse Terre, 2.8 mi away.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Claude · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de la Basse Terre
2.8 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
82.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Claude, 86.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 230 candidates at 2 lycées. For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away.
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
Fewer children live in Saint-Claude than in compared French towns: 15% are under 15
Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 36% of adults. Line up the people of Saint-Claude by age and the one in the middle is 48.
48median age
Saint-ClaudeFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Saint-Claude than in compared French towns: €15.40/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,340/m²: 137 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Claude between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses in Saint-Claude sell for €2,391/m² and apartments for €2,340/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €13.57/m² a month.
€2,340/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Claude€2,340/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,391/m²
74
Apartments
€2,340/m²
63
€15.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.33 to €20.94/m² a month)
€13.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
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Saint-Claude’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 Saint-Claude
Is Saint-Claude safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #1 of 26 in Guadeloupe.
Are schools in Saint-Claude good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #7 of 25 in Guadeloupe. The lycée stands out: 98% of 54 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Polyvalent Versailles Saint-Joseph de Cluny in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Saint-Claude
Commune in Guadeloupe
Saint-Claude is a commune of 10,177 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.
