Les Anses-d'Arlet is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 8.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is its weak spot (D−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 21.8% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for walkability. Just over a fifth of homes here are second homes.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Les Anses-d'Arlet has no overall grade because cost of living and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Les Anses-d'Arlet 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 paroissiale Saint-Henri: Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Anses-d'Arlet.
Safety
Les Anses-d'Arlet records less crime per resident than three in four compared French towns
8.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Les Anses-d'Arlet comes 3rd of the 25 compared towns in Martinique on the Safety Grade. The police record for Les Anses-d'Arlet lists 44 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were other physical violence than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence15
Criminal damage13
Family violence11
Burglary5
Theft without violence30
Fraud10
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.
8.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
44
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.6%
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2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.6% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B
Mortality in Les Anses-d'Arlet, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Les Anses-d'Arlet. The nearest emergency department to Les Anses-d'Arlet is Chu de Martinique site Mfme, 7.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 379 residents of Les Anses-d'Arlet died, against 387 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Average lifespans in Martinique: 85.1 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Les Anses-d'Arlet · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Martinique site Mfme
7.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Martinique site Mfme
85.1 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Martinique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer children live in Les Anses-d'Arlet than in compared French towns: 12% are under 15
51.7median age
Among adults, 20% have a degree. 26% of residents are 65 or over, higher than compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Les Anses-d'Arlet are older than 51.7.
Les Anses-d'ArletFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma33%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Buying in Les Anses-d'Arlet costs more than in compared French towns: the median sale is €4,255/m²
€4,255/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.09/m² a month, higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 72% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 43 homes in Les Anses-d'Arlet.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Les Anses-d'Arlet€4,255/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,825/m²
31
€17.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.74 to €24.87/m² a month)
€15.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Les Anses-d'Arlet is a commune of 3,912 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Espace Sud de la 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
3,912 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Espace Sud de la Martinique
Département
Martinique (972)
Area
9.9 sq mi (25.7 km²)
INSEE code
97202
Les Anses-d'Arlet’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
