Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux’s grades pull in different directions. Safety lags: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 27.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 47% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,642/m² costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, ranking #61 of 96 in Isère. On that grade it does better than 41% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B− for jobs & income.
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.
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-le-Vinoux 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 Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Getting about on foot is easier in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux than in 93% of compared French towns
Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. For its 2,750 residents in work, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux has 2,950 jobs: 1.1 each. No commute at all: 2.6% of working residents here at the census.
47%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving49%
Public transport23%
Bicycle19%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,950
jobs based in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, 1.1 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,940
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 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux records more crime per resident than 89% of compared French towns
Of the graded crimes in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 191 offenses here in 2025.
6.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage56
Theft from vehicles48
Burglary27
Family violence25
Vehicle theft19
Other physical violence16
Theft without violence39
Fraud37
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.
6.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
191
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.4%
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 · For sexual violence and armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A−
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 75 per 100 expected, below Isère’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux. Women in Isère live to 86.8 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 559 residents of Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux died, against 537 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Nord Chu de Grenoble Alpes
2.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupe hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux’s grade for cost of living: a C−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
187 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,642/m². Houses sell for €3,464/m² here, apartments for €2,363/m². Among the homes sold, 26% were houses.
€2,642/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux€2,642/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,464/m²
48
Apartments
€2,363/m²
139
€13.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.56 to €17.07/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.07/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
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux: 14% are 15 to 24, above Isère’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Typical age in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux: 37.2, the median. 47% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Isère 33%, France 30%).
37.2median age
Saint-Martin-le-VinouxIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education47%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux is Maison dite Casamaures. 5% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Isère’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
89.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the 18 collèges within 5 km, 2.8 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 0.7 mi away. Results rank its schools #50 of 102 in Isère. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, 94.0% passed the bac, near both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux
Is Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux safe?
It grades D for safety, #83 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 56 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux good?
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #50 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 100% of 152 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général international Europole 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 Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux 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 €2,642/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.42/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux grades C− for cost of living.
About Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux is a commune of 6,078 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
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.
