Much to like here, and you pay for it. Overall, Le Rheu earns an A: better than 91% of compared French towns, and #23 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The trade-off is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: 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 Le Rheu 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 Le Rheu.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Le Rheu sees fewer deaths than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 64 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 576 deaths in Le Rheu from 2016 to 2025; there were 412, 29% fewer. In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 12 family doctors.
−36%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw71
Adjusted64
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Le Rheu · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Rennes Pontchaillo
3.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Mutualiste la Sagesse Rennes
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Le Rheu are 65 or over: 13%, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 20%, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 14% of the town. Among adults, 48% have a degree.
37.2median age
Le RheuIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education48%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Le Rheu gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 19.0% of commuters
Per resident in work, Le Rheu counts 1.3 jobs (6,150 jobs, 4,800 workers). 7.4% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 10.6% of working residents in Le Rheu went to work by public transport.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
Public transport11%
Bicycle4%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
6,150
jobs based in Le Rheu, 1.3 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,560
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 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Homes in Le Rheu sell for a median €2,894/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Le Rheu goes for €2,857/m², an apartment for €2,917/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.83/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.98/m² a month, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,894/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Rheu€2,894/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,857/m²
157
Apartments
€2,917/m²
195
€12.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.08 to €15.21/m² a month)
7.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Rennes Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Le Rheu has 2 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 2.3% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Le Rheu is Église de Moigné. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Le Rheu ranks above 54% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The police record for Le Rheu lists 213 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.8 violent offenses and 14.5 graded property crimes a year. The commonest graded crime locally was family violence (2025).
7.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence52
Criminal damage52
Other physical violence26
Sexual violence26
Burglary21
Theft from vehicles20
Vehicle theft16
Fraud48
Theft without violence35
Drug use12
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.
7.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
213
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Rheu
Is Le Rheu safe?
It grades B− for safety, #57 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Rheu good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #17 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Rheu expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Rheu grades C for cost of living.
About Le Rheu
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Le Rheu is a commune of 9,839 people in the Rennes Métropole. 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.
