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Safety in Sainte-Suzanne · SSMSI, 2023–2025

Sainte-Suzanne has less burglary, vehicle theft and damage than most compared French towns, but more violence

Overall, it grades B+ for safety (#6 of 22 in Réunion). Violence and property crime split as 10.2 violent crimes and 6.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle theft and damage per 1,000 residents a year. It places 13th of the 307 compared French towns nearest in size, the least crime first.

C⁻Violence A⁺Burglary, vehicle theft, damage #6of 22 in Réunion 13thof 307 towns its size

Violence

10.2

recorded per 1,000 residents a year · in the grade

Burglary, vehicle theft, damage

6.9

burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles, criminal damage · in the grade

Theft and fraud

6.1

theft without violence, fraud, per 1,000 residents a year · Not in the grade

Drug use

2.8

recorded offenses per 1,000 residents a year · Not in the grade

Offenses recorded per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average (INSEE population of each year). Violence, and burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage, count equally.

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Sainte-Suzanne

13thof 307 towns its size, lowest rate first 25% · 96%of compared French towns have more violence · more burglary, vehicle theft and damage

Among towns its size

Among the 307 French towns of 17,900 to 34,500 people with a Safety Grade, Sainte-Suzanne is 13th from the lowest recorded rate per resident. Towns its size ↓

More violence than burglary, vehicle theft and damage

Sainte-Suzanne recorded an average of 10.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 25% of compared French towns, and 6.9 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 96%. Safety Grade ↓

Written from the SSMSI and INSEE data on this page. Figures are offenses police and gendarmerie recorded, not convictions.

Safety Grade

The B+ for Sainte-Suzanne, and how it is built

Violence: physical, sexual, armed robbery (10.2 per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average)Lower rate than in 25% of compared French towns

Burglary, vehicle theft and damage (6.9 per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average)Lower rate than in 96% of compared French towns

B⁺A⁻

A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,302 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 25,551, a few cases more or fewer would move it between B+ and A−.

Hidden counts: 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. What isn’t published ↓

Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.

By type

What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025

Criminal damage4.8

Family violence4.4

Other physical violence3.9

Theft without violence3.4

Drug use3.2

Fraud2.2

Sexual violence1.9

Theft from vehicles0.9

Burglary0.6

Theft of vehicle parts0.5

Drug dealing0.4

Vehicle theft0.4

ViolenceBurglary, vehicle theft, damageNot in the gradeMedian of towns its size

Not published for 2025: armed robbery and robbery without a weapon.

Theft without violence, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts, fraud and drug offenses 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.

Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 10,000 to 50,000.

Towns its size

Of 307 towns its size, Sainte-Suzanne is 13th from the least graded crime

#	Town	People	Violence	Homes, vehicles	Safety
1	Beaupréau-en-Mauges Maine-et-Loire	23,989	5.4	8	A
…
10	Olivet Loiret	23,507	5.2	11.2	A⁻
11	La Crau Var	19,556	5.2	11.4	B⁺
12	Le Plessis-Trévise Val-de-Marne	21,112	5.5	11.4	B⁺
13	Sainte-Suzanne Réunion	25,551	10.2	6.9	B⁺
14	Lingolsheim Bas-Rhin	20,826	6.1	11.2	B⁺
15	Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt Yvelines	30,689	5.4	11.9	B⁺
16	Chatou Yvelines	30,598	4.6	12.9	B⁺
…
131	Le Port Réunion	33,969	14.7	11.3	C
…
307	Marseille 2e Bouches-du-Rhône	24,378	20.1	103.2	D⁻

Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Sainte-Suzanne with every compared French town, not just towns its size.

Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Sainte-Suzanne and up to four from Réunion.

For every 1,000 residents

Crime in Sainte-Suzanne per 1,000 residents

ViolenceBurglary, vehicle theft, damageTheft and fraud (not in the grade)

recorded violent incidents

burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage

thefts without violence and frauds

of the three together

Each dot is one resident’s share: offenses are counted, not victims, and one person can be the victim of several.

And 7 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 6 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.

Year by year

The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025

Violence · per 1,000 residents

20239.4

202410.9

202510.3

Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents

20237.4

20246.7

20256.6

Kind	In the grade	2023	2024	2025
Family violence	Violence	100	142	113
Other physical violence	Violence	96	79	100
Sexual violence	Violence	42	54	49
Armed robbery	Violence	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Burglary	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	9	16	15
Vehicle theft	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	16	11	9
Theft from vehicles	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	29	24	22
Criminal damage	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	134	119	123
Theft without violence	Not in the grade	89	79	86
Robbery without a weapon	Not in the grade	n.p.	11	n.p.
Theft of vehicle parts	Not in the grade	n.p.	12	12
Fraud	Not in the grade	69	87	57
Drug use	Not in the grade	69	63	82
Drug dealing	Not in the grade	n.p.	n.p.	10

Counts mix units, as SSMSI publishes them: victims for violence, offenses for burglary and damage, vehicles for vehicle theft. That’s why the page never adds them into one “total crimes”.

Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).

What isn’t published

1 kind of crime isn’t published for Sainte-Suzanne

Share of the index resting on Réunion averages0.4% · limit 25%

Over 25%, no Safety Grade; over 10%, the grade says it is less certain.

SSMSI doesn’t publish a commune’s count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years), and publishes instead the average among the Réunion communes whose count is hidden. That average stands in for Sainte-Suzanne’s hidden cells, never a zero; here it is 0.4% of the index, so the grade rests on Sainte-Suzanne’s own figures.

Hidden for Sainte-Suzanne	Years	Réunion average
Armed robbery	2023–2025	1.4 · 2.4 · 1.6

The counts SSMSI keeps back for Sainte-Suzanne, and what the grade uses in their place.

Neighbors

Sainte-Suzanne and the towns around it

Saint-AndréSainte-MarieBras-PanonSaint-DenisSalazieSaint-BenoîtSainte-Suzanne

ABCDNot graded

Town	People	Violence	Homes, vehicles	Safety
Sainte-Suzanne	25,551	10.2	6.9	B⁺
Saint-André	58,885	13.7	8.6	B⁻
Sainte-Marie	37,093	12.3	10.3	C⁺
Bras-Panon	13,012	11.5	8	B
Saint-Denis	155,634	12.6	11.4	C⁺
Salazie	7,268	10.8	9	B
Saint-Benoît	38,604	15.7	11	C

Sainte-Suzanne’s recorded rate in the graded categories is lower than each of its 6 graded neighbors’.

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Where offenses happen, not where victims live. SSMSI counts each offense in the commune where police or gendarmerie recorded it happening. Towns with shops, stations, a hospital or nightlife record more per resident, and visitors are part of that count but not of the population it is divided by.
An index, not a total. The kinds are counted in different units (victims, offenses, vehicles), so the grade adds their rates per 1,000 residents into an index and never shows a “total crimes” or a chance of being a victim.
Hidden counts. SSMSI doesn’t publish a commune’s count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years). In its place it gives the average among the département’s communes whose count is hidden; the grade uses that average, never zero, and a town gets no Safety Grade when over a quarter of its index would come from such averages.
Recorded, not all crime. Only offenses reported to or found by police and gendarmerie are counted. Reporting rates differ by kind: most vehicle thefts are reported, much family and sexual violence isn’t.

How the Safety Grade works in France →

Questions about safety in Sainte-Suzanne

Is Sainte-Suzanne safe?

It has less crime per resident than 72% of compared French towns: an average of 10.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B+ for safety, #6 of 22 in Réunion. Among the 307 French towns of 17,900 to 34,500 people, it is 13th from the lowest rate.

Is crime going up in Sainte-Suzanne?

The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025: 16.7 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 16.9 in 2025. The grade uses the three-year average, so one unusual year moves it less.

What is the most common recorded offense in Sainte-Suzanne?

Criminal damage: 123 in 2025. Then family violence (113), other physical violence (100) and theft without violence (86).

Sources: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 (base communale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2026 edition) · INSEE, legal populations for each year · INSEE, census 2023 (jobs and working residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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.