Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0Macouria records armed robbery at 21.9 times the rate of a typical town its size
Armed robbery: police and gendarmerie recorded 23 in Macouria in 2025, 1.2 per 1,000 residents against 0.1 in a typical town its size. Overall, it grades C+ for safety (#6 of 13 in French Guiana).
Offenses recorded per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average (INSEE population of each year). Violence, and burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage, count equally.
What stands out about safety in Macouria
Theft from vehicles rose sharply
Police and gendarmerie recorded 20 cases of theft from vehicles in Macouria in 2023 and 41 in 2025. Small counts swing from year to year; the grade averages the three years. Year by year ↓
More violence than burglary, vehicle theft and damage
Macouria recorded an average of 12.1 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 15% of compared French towns, and 10.6 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 74%. Safety Grade ↓
Among towns its size
Among the 387 French towns of 13,900 to 26,900 people with a Safety Grade, Macouria is 101st from the lowest recorded rate per resident. Towns its size ↓
Written from the SSMSI and INSEE data on this page. Figures are offenses police and gendarmerie recorded, not convictions.
Macouria grades C+ for safety
Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,358 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 19,899, a few cases more or fewer would move it between C+ and B−.
Hidden counts: every graded count is published for Macouria.
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 10,000 to 50,000.
Well above the median of towns its size: armed robbery (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.1), drug dealing (0.6 per 1,000 against 0.3) and robbery without a weapon (0.5 per 1,000 against 0.3). Not published for 2025: theft of vehicle parts.
Theft without violence, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts, fraud and drug offenses 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.
Macouria is 101st of 387 French towns of 13,900 to 26,900 people
Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Macouria and up to four from French Guiana.
| # | Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montrevault-sur-Èvre Maine-et-Loire | 15,726 | 5 | 8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 98 | Segré-en-Anjou Bleu Maine-et-Loire | 17,667 | 10.3 | 12.4 | C+ |
| 99 | Pertuis Vaucluse | 19,548 | 7.5 | 15.2 | C+ |
| 100 | Montmorency Val-d'Oise | 21,763 | 5.9 | 16.8 | C+ |
| 101 | Macouria French Guiana | 19,899 | 12.1 | 10.6 | C+ |
| 102 | Saint-Gratien Val-d'Oise | 21,336 | 7.2 | 15.6 | C+ |
| 103 | Vertou Loire-Atlantique | 26,227 | 5 | 17.8 | C+ |
| 104 | Sainte-Marie Martinique | 14,756 | 14.3 | 8.6 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 375 | Kourou French Guiana | 24,824 | 22.4 | 22.3 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 387 | Marseille 2e Bouches-du-Rhône | 24,378 | 20.1 | 103.2 | D− |
Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Macouria with every compared French town, not just towns its size.
The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025
Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).
Violence · per 1,000 residents
Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | 84 | 78 | 95 |
| Other physical violence | Violence | 102 | 97 | 66 |
| Sexual violence | Violence | 57 | 44 | 32 |
| Armed robbery | Violence | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 62 | 51 | 78 |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 25 | 47 | 34 |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 20 | 28 | 41 |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 91 | 77 | 79 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 95 | 70 | 73 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | 10 | 14 | 10 |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 58 | 44 | 59 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | 76 | 58 | 30 |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | 12 |
Counts mix units, as SSMSI publishes them: victims for violence, offenses for burglary and damage, vehicles for vehicle theft. That’s why the page never adds them into one “total crimes”.
About 12 recorded violent incidents a year for every 1,000 residents
And 11 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 7 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.
Each dot is one resident’s share: offenses are counted, not victims, and one person can be the victim of several.
Macouria and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macouria | 19,899 | 12.1 | 10.6 | C+ |
| Montsinéry-Tonnegrande | 3,626 | 6.5 | 7.7 | A |
| Cayenne | 62,675 | 25.7 | 25 | D− |
| Matoury | 36,512 | 21.5 | 17.3 | D |
| Kourou | 24,824 | 22.4 | 22.3 | D− |
| Remire-Montjoly | 27,723 | 15.4 | 14.6 | C− |
1 of its 5 graded neighbors has a lower recorded rate in the graded categories than Macouria.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where offenses happen, not where victims live. SSMSI counts each offense in the commune where police or gendarmerie recorded it happening. Towns with shops, stations, a hospital or nightlife record more per resident, and visitors are part of that count but not of the population it is divided by.
- An index, not a total. The kinds are counted in different units (victims, offenses, vehicles), so the grade adds their rates per 1,000 residents into an index and never shows a “total crimes” or a chance of being a victim.
- Hidden counts. SSMSI doesn’t publish a commune’s count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years). In its place it gives the average among the département’s communes whose count is hidden; the grade uses that average, never zero, and a town gets no Safety Grade when over a quarter of its index would come from such averages.
- Recorded, not all crime. Only offenses reported to or found by police and gendarmerie are counted. Reporting rates differ by kind: most vehicle thefts are reported, much family and sexual violence isn’t.
Questions about safety in Macouria
Is Macouria safe?
It has more crime per resident than 56% of compared French towns: an average of 12.1 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades C+ for safety, #6 of 13 in French Guiana. Among the 387 French towns of 13,900 to 26,900 people, it is 101st from the lowest rate.
Is crime going up in Macouria?
The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025: 23.3 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 22.5 in 2025. In a town this size a few dozen cases move the figure, so the grade uses the three-year average.
What is the most common recorded offense in Macouria?
Family violence: 95 in 2025. Then criminal damage (79), burglary (78) and theft without violence (73).
Sources: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 (base communale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2026 edition) · INSEE, legal populations for each year · INSEE, census 2023 (jobs and working residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.