Where it does best is safety (B+) — an average of 8.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pupils here do less well than most (D): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Vieux-Habitants 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 Vieux-Habitants 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Vieux-Habitants is above 85% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
821 deaths in Vieux-Habitants between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 793: 4% above. Adjusted mortality in the town: 104 deaths for every 100 expected. At birth, a girl in Guadeloupe can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Vieux-Habitants · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de la Basse Terre
4.5 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
Vieux-Habitants is rich in protected monuments: 8.5 per 10,000 residents, more than compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 0.6% of the total, below compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Vieux-Habitants is Église Saint-Joseph. On the Culture ministry’s list, Vieux-Habitants counts 6 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Vieux-Habitants ranks below 71% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Over 2025, Vieux-Habitants logged 114 recorded offenses. The town ranks first of the 26 compared towns in Guadeloupe on the Safety Grade. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
8.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage53
Family violence22
Other physical violence20
Burglary12
Sexual violence7
Fraud32
Drug use29
Theft without violence27
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.
8.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
114
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.4%
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 9.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Vieux-Habitants hold a degree than in compared French towns: 18%
One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, higher than compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents.
52.5median age
Vieux-HabitantsFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%
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%.
Église Saint-Joseph: Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Site des roches gravées de la rivière Du Plessis: Photo: Philippe Cosentino · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Habitation Loiseau: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vieux-Habitants
Is Vieux-Habitants safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #1 of 26 in Guadeloupe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 53 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vieux-Habitants good?
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns and #23 of 25 in Guadeloupe. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Vieux-Habitants
Commune in Guadeloupe
Vieux-Habitants is a commune of 7,077 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.
