Saint-Quentin-Fallavier grades low on several counts. Safety lags: an average of 19.1 recorded violent incidents and 27.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The town grades D overall, better than 7% of compared French towns, and ranks #94 of 96 in Isère. Schools lag (D): bac results 3.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.4 points below the expected rate. Households here earn well: 6.1 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,633/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 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-Quentin-Fallavier 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Maison forte des Allinges · Inscrit · Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier’s story
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1950.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1997.
1950First protected: Ruine romaine dite La Sarrazinière
1997The protected historic area is created
2010Most recently protected: Maison forte des Allinges
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier.
Safety
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier records more crime per resident than 98% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 277 offenses in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. With 14,650 jobs for 2,400 working residents, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier draws people in from neighbouring communes. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
19.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage74
Vehicle theft58
Other physical violence54
Theft from vehicles40
Family violence24
Sexual violence17
Burglary10
Drug use242
Fraud58
Theft without violence42
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.
19.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
277
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.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Saint-Quentin-Fallavier than in Isère’s towns or compared French towns: 80.1%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 81% of 37 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Just over nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, below Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For exam results, it comes #95 of 102 in Isère.
92%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is graded a C− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.72/m² a month, about level with Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €2,633/m²: 170 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €12.15/m² a month.
€2,633/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier€2,633/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,632/m²
149
€13.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.13 to €16.91/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,880
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). 17% of residents have reached 65.
38.4median age
Saint-Quentin-FallavierIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier run lower than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier can choose among 4 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu, 6.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 595 residents of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier died, against 499 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
6.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier: 2 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is Ruine romaine dite La Sarrazinière. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1997. The protected list starts in Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is graded a B for jobs & income
Half of residents lived on more than €25,290 a year per consumption unit, lower than Isère’s towns (€27,110) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 10.3%. At the census, 2.5% of working residents in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier didn’t travel to work at all.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport9%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
14,650
jobs based in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, 6.1 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Maison forte des Allinges: Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Saint-Quentin-Fallavier
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Quentin-Fallavier
Is Saint-Quentin-Fallavier safe?
It grades D− for safety, #93 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 74 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns and #95 of 102 in Isère. 92% of 314 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Quentin-Fallavier 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 €2,633/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Quentin-Fallavier grades C− for cost of living.
About Saint-Quentin-Fallavier
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is a commune of 6,189 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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
6,189 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI)
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.
