Agen’s weakest is safety (D−): an average of 15.8 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. The town’s overall grade of C+ puts it better than 38% of compared French towns, #16 of 22 in Lot-et-Garonne. Jobs & income is weaker too (C−): 1.9 jobs per working resident; 14.3% unemployment. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 30% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,719/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglomération d'Agen. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and C+ for health.
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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Agen 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.
Église Notre-Dame des Jacobins: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Hilaire (ancienne chapelle des Cordeliers): Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison du Sénéchal: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hôtel Jean-Vergès: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Agen.
Safety
Agen records more crime per resident than 97% of compared French towns
15.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Agen ranks last of the 22 compared towns in Lot-et-Garonne on the Safety Grade. 1,389 offenses were reported in Agen during 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Agen (25,450 to 13,750): it draws people in from around. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage561
Other physical violence232
Family violence185
Theft from vehicles142
Burglary114
Sexual violence110
Vehicle theft45
Theft without violence469
Fraud265
Drug use228
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.
15.8
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
1,389
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (under 0.1% 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Agen gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns: 29.6% of commuters
30%walk, cycle or take transit
Of those in the labour force, 14.3% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €20,990 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,455) and compared French towns (€25,970). 4.3% of Agen’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving64%
On foot16%
Bicycle7%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
25,450
jobs based in Agen, 1.9 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
34 historic monuments in Agen, the oldest from Antiquity
34historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2004. Per 10,000 residents, Agen counts 10 protected monuments, higher than both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (6.4) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments locally is Cathédrale Saint-Caprais.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Agen’s grade for cost of living: a B
€1,719/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €1,750/m² in Agen, apartments for €1,694/m². Behind the median of €1,719/m²: 1,681 houses and apartments sold in the town between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.63/m² a month, higher than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€9.77/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Agen€1,719/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot-et-Garonne median€1,491/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,750/m²
586
Apartments
€1,694/m²
1,095
€10.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.44 to €13.39/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,920
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Agglomération d'Agen
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
87.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the eight collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points below the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Agen, 95.6% passed the bac, about level with Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (95.5%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #8 of 18 in Lot-et-Garonne.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Agen is above 57% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Agen’s deaths ran at 90 per 100 expected, in line with Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 3,614 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 3,949, 9% more. Life expectancy in Lot-et-Garonne: 85.3 years for women and 80.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Agen can choose among 33 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
33
GPs in Agen · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Esquirol Saint Hilaire
1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Agen Nerac Hopital Saint Esprit
85.3 · 80.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Students and young workers shape Agen: 16% are 15 to 24, above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
38.8median age
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Typical age in Agen: 38.8, the median.
AgenLot-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
16%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Alain Aspect: Ecole polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bernard-Germain de Lacépède: Joseph Ducreux, Public domain · Michel Serres: Briand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Francis Cabrel: Thinklad, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Christian Noël: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Bernard Campan: Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Agen
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Agen is a commune of 32,801 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglomération d'Agen. 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
32,801 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Agglomération d'Agen
Département
Lot-et-Garonne (47)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.5 km²)
INSEE code
47001
Agen’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Agen
Is Agen safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 114 burglaries and 561 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Agen good?
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #8 of 18 in Lot-et-Garonne. 97% of 405 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Bernard Palissy in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Agen expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,719/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Agen grades B for cost of living.
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.
