Moirans grades A− overall: better than 83% of compared French towns, and #17 of 96 in Isère. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 8 recorded violent incidents and 22.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,604/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment.
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 Moirans 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Moirans records more crime per resident than 81% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 252 offenses in the graded categories in Moirans in 2025. With 5,500 jobs for 3,550 working residents, Moirans draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. 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, 0.4% of the index here.
8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage92
Family violence39
Theft from vehicles32
Vehicle theft28
Other physical violence27
Burglary25
Sexual violence9
Fraud58
Theft without violence43
Drug use41
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.
8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
252
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income A
More commuters in Moirans walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 24.3%
On this, Moirans is above both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €28,090 a year per consumption unit.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
Public transport16%
On foot4%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,500
jobs based in Moirans, 1.5 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,090
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 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Moirans’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 744 residents of Moirans died, against 734 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Its two care homes for older people (161 places) count their residents as Moirans’; allowing for them, deaths were 19% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Moirans · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Moirans costs an estimated advertised €11.61/m² a month, against €13.13/m² in Isère’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,604/m², comes from 254 sales of houses and apartments in Moirans from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Moirans sell for €2,847/m² and apartments for €2,299/m².
€2,604/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Moirans€2,604/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,847/m²
134
Apartments
€2,299/m²
120
€11.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.94 to €15.07/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Moirans
Is Moirans safe?
It grades C− for safety, #65 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 92 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Moirans good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #11 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 99% of 221 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Pierre Béghin in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Moirans 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 €2,604/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Moirans grades B− for cost of living.
About Moirans
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Moirans is a commune of 7,818 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Voironnais. 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.
