Safety in Ardon · SSMSI, 2023–2025

Ardon records more crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns

Measured on offenses police and gendarmerie recorded in Ardon between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D. In a usual year, 5.3 violent crimes and 32.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle theft and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants. At 13.3 per 1,000 residents, theft from vehicles locally runs well past the 0.8 of a typical town its size (16 recorded in 2025).

B⁺Violence D⁻Burglary, vehicle theft, damage

Violence

5.3

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

Burglary, vehicle theft, damage

32.5

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

Theft and fraud

5.8

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

Drug use

–

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 Ardon

70% · 2%of compared French towns have more violence · more burglary, vehicle theft and damage

Less violence than burglary, vehicle theft and damage

Ardon recorded an average of 5.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns, and 32.5 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 2%. Safety Grade ↓

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

Safety Grade

What sits behind Ardon’s D

Violence: physical, sexual, armed robbery (5.3 per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average)Lower rate than in 70% of compared French towns

Burglary, vehicle theft and damage (32.5 per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average)Lower rate than in 2% of compared French towns

D⁻C

A less sure grade than most. Built on 112 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 1,203, a few cases more or fewer would move it between D− and C. 17.8% of the index uses the département’s average for crimes not published here, over 10%.

Hidden counts: for family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 17.8% 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

Theft from vehicles13.3

Theft without violence5.8

Burglary4.2

Criminal damage4.2

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

Well above the median of towns its size: theft from vehicles (13.3 per 1,000 against 0.8). None recorded in 2025: armed robbery, robbery without a weapon and drug dealing. Not published for 2025: family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft of vehicle parts, fraud and drug use.

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 1,000 to 2,500.

What isn’t published

4 kinds of crime aren’t published for Ardon

Share of the index resting on Loiret averages17.8% · 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 Loiret communes whose count is hidden. That average stands in for Ardon’s hidden cells, never a zero; here it is 17.8% of the index, over 10%, so the grade is less sure than most.

Hidden for Ardon	Years	Loiret average
Family violence	2023–2025	2.7 · 3 · 2.6
Other physical violence	2023–2025	1.9 · 1.6 · 1.7
Sexual violence	2023–2025	1.7 · 2.1 · 1.7
Vehicle theft	2023–2025	1.8 · 1.9 · 1.4

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

Towns its size

Set against 63 towns its size, Ardon is 57th

#	Town	People	Violence	Homes, vehicles	Safety
1	Barcelonne-du-Gers Gers	1,401	2.5	12.1	A⁻
…
43	Bellegarde Loiret	1,440	13	17.9	C⁻
…
54	Bellême Orne	1,457	4.8	29.5	D
55	Val-d'Isère Savoie	1,567	12.8	22.6	D
56	La Couarde-sur-Mer Charente-Maritime	1,112	10.1	26.8	D
57	Ardon Loiret	1,203	5.3	32.5	D
58	Théoule-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes	1,477	5.9	33.4	D
59	Chalezeule Doubs	1,335	19.4	22.2	D⁻
60	Ennetières-en-Weppes Nord	1,280	6.6	35.5	D⁻
…
63	Huez Isère	1,244	23.6	37.2	D⁻

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

Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Ardon and up to four from Loiret.

For every 1,000 residents

About 5 in 1,000: recorded violent incidents a year

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 32 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 fell 33% per resident from 2023 to 2025

Violence · per 1,000 residents

20235.2

20245.5

20255

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

202336.4

202438.2

202522.8

Kind	In the grade	2023	2024	2025
Family violence	Violence	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Other physical violence	Violence	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Sexual violence	Violence	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Armed robbery	Violence	0	0	0
Burglary	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	10	9	5
Vehicle theft	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Theft from vehicles	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	21	27	16
Criminal damage	Burglary, vehicle theft, damage	11	8	5
Theft without violence	Not in the grade	6	8	7
Robbery without a weapon	Not in the grade	n.p.	0	0
Theft of vehicle parts	Not in the grade	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Fraud	Not in the grade	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Drug use	Not in the grade	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Drug dealing	Not in the grade	0	0	0

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).

Neighbors

Ardon and the towns around it

Saint-Cyr-en-ValOlivetSaint-Hilaire-Saint-MesminCléry-Saint-AndréLa Ferté-Saint-AubinSaint-Pryvé-Saint-MesminArdon

ABCDNot graded

Town	People	Violence	Homes, vehicles	Safety
Ardon	1,203	5.3	32.5	D
Saint-Cyr-en-Val	3,467	1.9	10.9	A
Olivet	23,507	5.2	11.2	A⁻
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin	3,261	—¹	—¹	—¹
Cléry-Saint-André	3,596	—¹	—¹	—¹
La Ferté-Saint-Aubin	7,284	6.1	11.5	B⁺
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin	6,256	3.4	12.5	A⁻

¹ Not graded: over 25% of the index would rest on département averages, where SSMSI doesn’t publish small counts.

Ardon’s recorded rate in the graded categories is higher than each of its 4 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.

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Questions about safety in Ardon

Is Ardon safe?

It has more crime per resident than 93% of compared French towns: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 32.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades D for safety. With 850 jobs for 600 working residents, Ardon 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 Ardon?

The recorded rate in the graded categories fell 33% from 2023 to 2025: 41.7 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 27.8 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 Ardon?

Theft from vehicles: 16 in 2025. Then theft without violence (7), burglary (5) and criminal damage (5).

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.