Real strengths, and real weak spots. Loches’s overall grade is C+, better than 44% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #29 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. Its weakest subject is safety — an average of 13.7 recorded violent incidents and 21.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is weaker too (C) — 2.4 jobs per working resident; 15.7% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,809/m² costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Loches 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 Loches.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Loches than in Indre-et-Loire or compared French towns: 42 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Loches is Porte des Cordeliers. On the Culture ministry’s list, Loches counts 26 historic monuments: 8 classé at the top level of protection and 18 inscrit at the second. Since 1968, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Loches records more crime per resident than 91% of compared French towns
Over 2025, Loches logged 212 recorded offenses. This Indre-et-Loire town has 5,050 jobs for 2,150 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Loches (2025).
13.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage74
Sexual violence38
Family violence30
Other physical violence27
Burglary21
Vehicle theft11
Theft from vehicles11
Fraud56
Theft without violence50
Drug use47
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.
13.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
212
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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
Loches skews older, with 34% of residents 65 or over, more than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
Just over one in ten residents are children under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, near Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 22% of adults.
54median age
LochesIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Loches has higher unemployment than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 15.7%
Median disposable income comes to €23,440 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 21.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot13%
Public transport6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
5,050
jobs based in Loches, 2.4 per working resident
15.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Loches records 83 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 79 in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,126 residents of Loches died, against 1,156 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. At birth, a girl in Indre-et-Loire can expect 86.1 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Loches can choose among 12 GPs.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Loches · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru de Tours Antenne de Loches
20.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
87.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Loches, 97.5% passed the bac, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #21 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Loches than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.78/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,809/m²: 240 houses and apartments sold in Loches between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 89% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.65/m² a month.
€1,809/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Loches€1,809/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,791/m²
214
€10.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.12 to €14.31/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine
Porte des Cordeliers: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Tour de Mauvières: Photo: Arcyon37 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château et son enceinte: Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Maison dite de la Chancellerie: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0
Alfred de Vigny: Nadar, Public domain · Ernest Christophe: Nadar, Public domain · Martine David: Kite Ruswal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dominique Magnant: Famille Magnant - Mme Crifo fille de D. Magnant, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-François Guérin: Csmintra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · François Manceau: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Loches’ 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 Loches
Is Loches safe?
It grades D for safety, #32 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 74 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Loches good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #21 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. 98% of 85 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Denis International School in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Loches expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,809/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Loches grades B for cost of living.
About Loches
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Loches is a commune of 6,234 people in the Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. 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.
