Strong in places, weak in others. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 16.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Malakoff grades C+ overall, better than nearly two fifths of compared French towns, and ranks #27 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. Safety is weaker too: an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 20.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest subject is walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 74% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Malakoff 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.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Malakoff.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
For walkability, Malakoff ranks above 100% of compared French towns
11.5% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €28,400 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Malakoff counts 1.1 jobs (15,950 jobs, 15,000 workers).
74%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport50%
Driving18%
Bicycle12%
On foot12%
Motorbike or scooter4%
15,950
jobs based in Malakoff, 1.1 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Malakoff sells for €6,620/m², more than in both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Malakoff: €7,774/m² for houses, €6,429/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €25.44/m² a month, about level with Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (€24.55/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 16% of what sold.
€6,620/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Malakoff€6,620/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hauts-de-Seine median€5,891/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€7,774/m²
115
Apartments
€6,429/m²
582
€25.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€20.68 to €31.30/m² a month)
16.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€22.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole du Grand Paris
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Malakoff skews young, with 13% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in both Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 16%, below Hauts-de-Seine’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 16% of residents are 65 or over. Graduates make up 51% of adults.
39.5median age
MalakoffHauts-de-Seine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP14%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education51%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hauts-de-Seine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
For crime per resident, Malakoff sits above 73% of compared French towns
749 offenses were reported in Malakoff during 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage226
Burglary134
Family violence109
Theft from vehicles95
Vehicle theft73
Other physical violence72
Sexual violence40
Theft without violence395
Fraud274
Drug use209
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.
7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
749
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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, 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, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Malakoff sees 83 deaths per 100 expected, against 73 in Hauts-de-Seine’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,833 residents of Malakoff died, against 2,062 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. At birth, a girl in Hauts-de-Seine can expect 87.6 years and a boy 83.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. This Hauts-de-Seine town has 8 family doctors.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Malakoff · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupe hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph
1.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupe hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph
87.6 · 83.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hauts-de-Seine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 19th century. Among the classé monuments in Malakoff is "Ancienne distillerie-usine de mise en bouteille dite "usine Clacquesin"". This Hauts-de-Seine town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
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Malakoff’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 Malakoff
Is Malakoff safe?
It grades C for safety, #28 of 33 in Hauts-de-Seine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 134 burglaries and 226 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Malakoff good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #3 of 35 in Hauts-de-Seine. 98% of 380 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Michelet in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Malakoff expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Malakoff grades D− for cost of living.
About Malakoff
Commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France
Malakoff is a commune of 30,557 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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.
