Per resident, Biars-sur-Cère records less burglary, vehicle theft and damage than nine in ten compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 13 cases of family violence in Biars-sur-Cère in 2025, a rate of 6.6 per 1,000 against a typical 3.4. From 2023 to 2025, offenses police and gendarmerie recorded in Biars-sur-Cère put it at A for safety.
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 Biars-sur-Cère
Counted where it happens
3,000 jobs are based in Biars-sur-Cère, for 800 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 461 French towns of 1,400 to 2,600 people with a Safety Grade, Biars-sur-Cère is 35th from the lowest recorded rate per resident. Towns its size ↓
More violence than burglary, vehicle theft and damage
Biars-sur-Cère recorded an average of 5.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns, and 8.3 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 90%. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the SSMSI and INSEE data on this page. Figures are offenses police and gendarmerie recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Biars-sur-Cère’s grade
A less sure grade than most. Built on 63 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 1,957, a few cases more or fewer would move it between B and A+. 24.0% 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, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 24.0% of the index here. What isn’t published ↓
Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.
Set against 461 towns its size, Biars-sur-Cère is 35th
| # | Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granges-Aumontzey Vosges | 2,529 | 4.9 | 5.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Bois-de-Haye Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2,312 | 3.6 | 10.2 | A |
| 33 | Coulonges-sur-l'Autize Deux-Sèvres | 2,345 | 6.8 | 7.2 | A |
| 34 | Rosselange Moselle | 2,384 | 6.2 | 7.8 | A |
| 35 | Biars-sur-Cère Lot | 1,957 | 5.8 | 8.3 | A |
| 36 | Châtillon-sur-Indre Indre | 2,293 | 5.6 | 8.5 | A |
| 37 | Roche-lez-Beaupré Doubs | 2,158 | 5.6 | 8.6 | A |
| 38 | Vivy Maine-et-Loire | 2,582 | 6.2 | 8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 340 | Puy-l'Évêque Lot | 1,860 | 7.2 | 18.3 | C |
| … | |||||
| 363 | Prayssac Lot | 2,519 | 8.7 | 18.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 461 | Mornas Vaucluse | 2,569 | 6.2 | 79.6 | D− |
Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Biars-sur-Cère with every compared French town, not just towns its size.
Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Biars-sur-Cère and up to four from Lot.
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Well above the median of towns its size: family violence (6.6 per 1,000 against 3.4) and theft without violence (7.2 per 1,000 against 4). None recorded in 2025: robbery without a weapon and drug dealing. Not published for 2025: other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles, theft of vehicle parts 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.
Crime in Biars-sur-Cère 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 8 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 14 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.
The recorded rate in the graded categories rose 60% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Violence · per 1,000 residents
Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | n.p. | 11 | 13 |
| Other physical violence | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Sexual violence | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Armed robbery | Violence | 0 | n.p. | n.p. |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | n.p. | 17 | 14 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | 0 |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 13 | 10 | 11 |
| 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).
Biars-sur-Cère and the towns around it
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biars-sur-Cère | 1,957 | 5.8 | 8.3 | A |
| Saint-Céré | 3,429 | 6.9 | 7.8 | A− |
| Gramat | 3,512 | 8 | 10.2 | B+ |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne Corrèze | 2,881 | 4.2 | 7.9 | A |
1 of its 3 graded neighbors has a lower recorded rate in the graded categories than Biars-sur-Cère.
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 Biars-sur-Cère
Is Biars-sur-Cère safe?
It has less crime per resident than 85% of compared French towns: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades A for safety. Among the 461 French towns of 1,400 to 2,600 people, it is 35th from the lowest rate. With 3,000 jobs for 800 working residents, Biars-sur-Cère 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 Biars-sur-Cère?
The recorded rate in the graded categories rose 60% from 2023 to 2025: 10.7 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 17 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 Biars-sur-Cère?
Criminal damage: 14 in 2025. Then theft without violence (14), family violence (13) and fraud (11).
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.