The data are hard on it. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 8.4 recorded violent incidents and 28.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Work and incomes lag: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 13.1% unemployment. At €2,270/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 40% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, ranking #85 of 96 in Isère. On that grade it does better than 17% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and C+ 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 Saint-Martin-d'Hères 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.
Couvent des Minimes (ancien): Photo: Matthieu Riegler · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martin-d'Hères.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
39.7% of commuters in Saint-Martin-d'Hères go to work without a car, more than in Isère’s towns and across compared French towns
40%walk, cycle or take transit
The unemployment rate comes to 13.1%. The median disposable income was €23,430 a year per consumption unit, below both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). 2.4% of Saint-Martin-d'Hères’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving57%
Public transport20%
Bicycle13%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
18,000
jobs based in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, 1.2 per working resident
13.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Martin-d'Hères records more crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
8.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Saint-Martin-d'Hères’s tally for 2025: 1,399 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage376
Theft from vehicles368
Burglary197
Family violence134
Other physical violence127
Vehicle theft112
Sexual violence73
Armed robbery12
Theft without violence621
Fraud282
Drug use129
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.
8.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,399
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Saint-Martin-d'Hères: 27% are 15 to 24, above Isère’s towns and compared French towns
29.9median age
Degrees are held by 37% of adults, above both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Saint-Martin-d'HèresIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
For cost of living, Saint-Martin-d'Hères gets a C
€2,270/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Saint-Martin-d'Hères goes for €3,404/m², an apartment for €2,196/m². The median price, €2,270/m², comes from 1,118 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €14.44/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Martin-d'Hères€2,270/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,404/m²
131
Apartments
€2,196/m²
987
€13.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.77 to €16.92/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, none of them classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
1.2% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Saint-Martin-d'Hères records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 84 in Isère’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Martin-d'Hères can choose among 40 GPs. At birth, a girl in Isère can expect 86.8 years and a boy 81.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 2,342 residents of Saint-Martin-d'Hères died, against 2,406 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
40
GPs in Saint-Martin-d'Hères · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Nord Chu de Grenoble Alpes
0.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Belledonne
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
87.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the 25 collèges within 5 km, 2.3 points below the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #55 of 102 in Isère on results. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Martin-d'Hères, 93.6% passed the bac, close to both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet: Pavel Hrdlička (Czech Wikipedia user Packa ), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mathis Desloges: Bearas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Olivier Véran: Audran Demierre, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Antonin Rouzier: Yannick34, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chloé Chevalier: Pavel Hrdlička (Czech Wikipedia user Packa ), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cristobal Huet: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mafue/, CC BY-SA 2.0
About Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Martin-d'Hères is a commune of 37,695 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-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
Population
37,695 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole
Département
Isère (38)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.5 km²)
INSEE code
38421
Saint-Martin-d'Hères’ 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 Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Is Saint-Martin-d'Hères safe?
It grades D for safety, #86 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 197 burglaries and 376 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Martin-d'Hères good?
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #55 of 102 in Isère. 96% of 297 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pablo Neruda in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Martin-d'Hères 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 €2,270/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.50/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Martin-d'Hères grades C for cost of living.
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.
