Photo: Guillaume70 · CC BY-SA 4.0La Riche records more burglary, vehicle theft and damage per head than nine in ten compared French towns
Of all the kinds of crime, theft from vehicles is where La Riche departs most from towns its size: 4.9 per 1,000 against 2.6. Its letter for safety is D, worked out from offenses police and gendarmerie recorded in La Riche over 2023 to 2025: #31 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 9.1 violent crimes plus 24.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle theft and damage per 1,000 residents.
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 La Riche
Burglary rose sharply
Police and gendarmerie recorded 28 cases of burglary in La Riche in 2023 and 54 in 2025. Small counts swing from year to year; the grade averages the three years. Year by year ↓
Ranks better on violence than on burglary, vehicle theft and damage
La Riche recorded an average of 9.1 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 32% of compared French towns, and 24 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 8%. Safety Grade ↓
Among towns its size
Among the 776 French towns of 7,300 to 14,200 people with a Safety Grade, La Riche is 670th 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.
What sits behind La Riche’s D
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,039 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 10,487, a few cases more or fewer would move it between D and C−.
Hidden counts: 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, 0.2% of the index here. What isn’t published ↓
Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.
Set against 776 towns its size, La Riche is 670th
| # | Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand-Santi French Guiana | 9,668 | 4.9 | 1.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 56 | Monts Indre-et-Loire | 8,080 | 4.3 | 11 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 77 | Ballan-Miré Indre-et-Loire | 8,477 | 5.6 | 10.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 164 | Fondettes Indre-et-Loire | 10,954 | 6.9 | 12 | B |
| … | |||||
| 447 | Montlouis-sur-Loire Indre-et-Loire | 11,335 | 8.4 | 17.2 | C |
| … | |||||
| 667 | Châteaubriant Loire-Atlantique | 12,260 | 13.9 | 19.1 | D |
| 668 | Coutances Manche | 8,321 | 12.4 | 20.7 | D |
| 669 | Clermont-l'Hérault Hérault | 9,461 | 13 | 20 | D |
| 670 | La Riche Indre-et-Loire | 10,487 | 9.1 | 24 | D |
| 671 | Gerzat Puy-de-Dôme | 10,335 | 5.5 | 27.6 | D |
| 672 | Castelnaudary Aude | 12,151 | 11.2 | 22 | D |
| 673 | Le Muy Var | 10,118 | 11.5 | 21.8 | D |
| … | |||||
| 776 | Argelès-sur-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales | 10,616 | 21.1 | 40.6 | D− |
Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares La Riche with every compared French town, not just towns its size.
Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to La Riche and up to four from Indre-et-Loire.
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Well above the median of towns its size: theft from vehicles (4.9 per 1,000 against 2.6) and burglary (5.1 per 1,000 against 2.9). Not published for 2025: armed robbery and drug dealing.
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.
Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 10,000 to 50,000.
Crime in La Riche per 1,000 residents
Each dot is one resident’s share: offenses are counted, not victims, and one person can be the victim of several.
And 24 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 12 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.
Year by year, the graded rate held steady from 2023 to 2025
Violence · per 1,000 residents
Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | 36 | 50 | 52 |
| Other physical violence | Violence | 37 | 25 | 27 |
| Sexual violence | Violence | 17 | 21 | 19 |
| Armed robbery | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 28 | 64 | 54 |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 20 | 30 | 23 |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 60 | 95 | 51 |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 129 | 108 | 93 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 52 | 63 | 82 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | 7 |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | 17 | 35 | 18 |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 64 | 50 | 67 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | 14 | 14 | 31 |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
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”.
Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).
La Riche and the towns around it
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Riche | 10,487 | 9.1 | 24 | D |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire | 17,029 | 5.2 | 13.8 | B |
| Tours | 139,259 | 12.4 | 24.7 | D |
| Fondettes | 10,954 | 6.9 | 12 | B |
| Joué-lès-Tours | 38,423 | 7.5 | 15.8 | C+ |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps | 15,898 | 10.6 | 31.1 | D− |
| Ballan-Miré | 8,477 | 5.6 | 10.4 | A− |
4 of its 6 graded neighbors have a lower recorded rate in the graded categories than La Riche.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.
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 La Riche
Is La Riche safe?
It has more crime per resident than 88% of compared French towns: an average of 9.1 recorded violent incidents and 24 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades D for safety, #31 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. Among the 776 French towns of 7,300 to 14,200 people, it is 670th from the lowest rate.
Is crime going up in La Riche?
The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025: 31.2 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 30.5 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 La Riche?
Criminal damage: 93 in 2025. Then theft without violence (82), fraud (67) and burglary (54).
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 November 9, 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.