Le Carbet has no overall grade because cost of living isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is safety (C): an average of 16.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Le Carbet stand out
The 2 things Le Carbet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Carbet 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Carbet.
History
5 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Le Carbet: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). 2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Le Carbet has more crime per resident than 70% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 76 offenses in the graded categories in Le Carbet in 2025. For 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, 15.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
16.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Other physical violence22
Family violence20
Sexual violence9
Drug use23
Theft without violence14
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.
16.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
76
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.8%
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
HealthHealth B+
Le Carbet gets a B+ for health
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Le Carbet’s deaths ran at 81 per 100 expected, below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 376 residents of Le Carbet died, against 425 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Le Carbet · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chum de Martinique
9.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Paul
85.1 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Martinique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
9.3% of residents are 15 to 24 and 27% are 65 or over, against 11% and 22% in the median compared French town. 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (France 30%).
51.9median age
Le CarbetFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people are out of work in Le Carbet than in 88% of French communes of 1,000+
13.3% of Le Carbet’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 82% drove.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport7%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,300
jobs based in Le Carbet, 0.9 per working resident
13.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The median sale price of homes in Le Carbet is €3,066/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 46 sales of houses and apartments in Le Carbet from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and – for the median of compared towns in Martinique.
€3,066/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Carbet€3,066/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,142/m²
31
€13.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.93 to €17.04/m² a month)
€14.37/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Presbytère avec son enclos: Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Taïlamé: Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tombeau de la Dame Espagnole: Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · église paroissiale Saint-Jacques: Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Le Carbet
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Carbet yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Carbet
Is Le Carbet safe?
It grades C for safety, #16 of 25 in Martinique.
Are schools in Le Carbet good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #13 of 25 in Martinique. The lycée stands out: 98% of 63 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Victor Anicet in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Le Carbet
Commune in Martinique
Le Carbet is a commune of 3,721 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Nord Martinique. 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
3,721 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Nord Martinique
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.
