Photo: Scanné par Claude_villetaneuse · Public domainPer resident, Andrézieux-Bouthéon records more violent crime than 75% of compared French towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 10.2 violent crimes and 16.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle theft and damage were recorded. It places 482nd of the 771 compared French towns nearest in size, the least crime first. On top of that, from 2023 to 2025, offenses police and gendarmerie recorded in Andrézieux-Bouthéon put it at C for safety: #34 of 48 in Loire. The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025.
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 about safety in Andrézieux-Bouthéon
Counted where it happens
13,050 jobs are based in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, for 4,250 working residents. Offenses are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents, so a town people come into for work and shops records more per resident than one they leave. How to read it ↓
Among towns its size
Among the 771 French towns of 7,300 to 14,100 people with a Safety Grade, Andrézieux-Bouthéon is 482nd from the lowest recorded rate per resident. Towns its size ↓
Written from the SSMSI and INSEE data on this page. Figures are offenses police and gendarmerie recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Andrézieux-Bouthéon’s C
A fairly firm grade. Built on 823 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 10,425, a few cases more or fewer would move it between C and C+.
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, 0.3% of the index here. What isn’t published ↓
Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Not published for 2025: armed robbery, robbery without a weapon and drug dealing.
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.
Crime in Andrézieux-Bouthéon per 1,000 residents
Each dot is one resident’s share: offenses are counted, not victims, and one person can be the victim of several.
And 16 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 15 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.
Andrézieux-Bouthéon against towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand-Santi French Guiana | 9,668 | 4.9 | 1.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 64 | Veauche Loire | 8,975 | 4 | 11.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 145 | Sorbiers Loire | 8,116 | 3.4 | 15.2 | B |
| … | |||||
| 187 | Roche-la-Molière Loire | 9,843 | 3.8 | 15.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 243 | Riorges Loire | 11,139 | 6 | 14.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 479 | Voreppe Isère | 9,922 | 7.6 | 18.7 | C |
| 480 | Pontcharra Isère | 7,350 | 8.6 | 17.8 | C |
| 481 | Thaon-les-Vosges Vosges | 8,547 | 10.1 | 16.3 | C |
| 482 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon Loire | 10,425 | 10.2 | 16.2 | C |
| 483 | Grigny-sur-Rhône Rhône | 10,030 | 7.5 | 18.9 | C |
| 484 | Ferney-Voltaire Ain | 12,094 | 8.7 | 17.8 | C |
| 485 | Sarlat-la-Canéda Dordogne | 8,763 | 11.4 | 15.1 | C |
| … | |||||
| 771 | Argelès-sur-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales | 10,616 | 21.1 | 40.6 | D− |
Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Andrézieux-Bouthéon with every compared French town, not just towns its size.
Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Andrézieux-Bouthéon and up to four from Loire.
Andrézieux-Bouthéon, year by year
Violence · per 1,000 residents
Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | 32 | 51 | 32 |
| Other physical violence | Violence | 42 | 43 | 41 |
| Sexual violence | Violence | 22 | 32 | 21 |
| Armed robbery | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 27 | 31 | 25 |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 22 | 27 | 25 |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 18 | 34 | 22 |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 88 | 91 | 97 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 71 | 87 | 87 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | 27 | 32 | 14 |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 63 | 70 | 90 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | 26 | 35 | 30 |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
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).
Andrézieux-Bouthéon and the towns around it
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 10,425 | 10.2 | 16.2 | C |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | 15,764 | 4.4 | 13 | B+ |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 3.4 | 8 | A+ |
| Veauche | 8,975 | 4 | 11.5 | A− |
| La Fouillouse | 4,630 | 2.5 | 15.7 | B+ |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 8.4 | 9.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Galmier | 5,829 | 1.2 | 12.5 | A |
Andrézieux-Bouthéon’s recorded rate in the graded categories is higher than each of its 6 graded neighbors’.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.
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.
Questions about safety in Andrézieux-Bouthéon
Is Andrézieux-Bouthéon safe?
It has more crime per resident than 71% of compared French towns: an average of 10.2 recorded violent incidents and 16.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades C for safety, #34 of 48 in Loire. Among the 771 French towns of 7,300 to 14,100 people, it is 482nd from the lowest rate. With 13,050 jobs for 4,250 working residents, Andrézieux-Bouthéon draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is crime going up in Andrézieux-Bouthéon?
The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025: 24.2 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 25.3 in 2025. In a town this size a few dozen cases move the figure, so the grade uses the three-year average.
What is the most common recorded offense in Andrézieux-Bouthéon?
Criminal damage: 97 in 2025. Then fraud (90), theft without violence (87) and other physical violence (41).
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 9, 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.