Police record less crime here than in most towns (A+): an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. La Bouëxière ranks #4 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine, with an A+ overall. On that grade it does better than 98% of compared French towns. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,248/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Liffré-Cormier Communauté.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 La Bouëxière 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 La Bouëxière.
Safety
La Bouëxière records less crime per resident than 96% of compared French towns
La Bouëxière comes 3rd of the 75 compared towns in Ille-et-Vilaine on the Safety Grade. Recorded offenses in the town came to 56 in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Family violence17
Theft from vehicles11
Armed robbery0
Fraud25
Theft without violence10
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
56
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.2%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 22.2% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in La Bouëxière run below what its ages would predict: 75 per 100 expected, fewer than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
La Bouëxière has 4 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to La Bouëxière is Hopital Prive Sevigne, 9.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 377 residents of La Bouëxière died, against 388 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in La Bouëxière · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Sevigne
10.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Vitre
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up 21% of La Bouëxière, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
16% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 41% of adults, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of La Bouëxière are older than 39.4.
39.4median age
La BouëxièreIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education41%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in La Bouëxière costs less than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.75/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,248/m²: 136 houses and apartments sold in La Bouëxière between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 136 homes were sold in the town. House rents are put at about €9.59/m² a month.
€2,248/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Bouëxière€2,248/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,284/m²
127
€10.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.85 to €13.06/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,760
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Liffré-Cormier Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
La Bouëxière keeps more of its old housing than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Bouëxière, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in La Bouëxière, 4.9%, runs below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
800 jobs are based in La Bouëxière, for 2,300 working residents (0.3 per worker). At the census, 7.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €27,680 a year per consumption unit, near Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in La Bouëxière, 0.3 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Bouëxière
Is La Bouëxière safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #3 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
Is La Bouëxière expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,248/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Bouëxière grades B+ for cost of living.
About La Bouëxière
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
La Bouëxière is a commune of 4,667 people in the Communauté de communes Liffré-Cormier Communauté. 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.
