Saint-Esprit is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 9.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools are another plus: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Work and incomes lag (D−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 21.4% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Esprit has no overall grade because cost of living isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Esprit 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 Saint-Esprit.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Esprit than in 79% of compared French towns
Saint-Esprit ranks first of the 25 compared towns in Martinique on the Safety Grade. The 2025 count: 168 offenses in the town. The graded crime recorded most here was family violence (2025).
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence53
Other physical violence49
Criminal damage35
Burglary19
Sexual violence12
Theft without violence25
Fraud25
Drug use20
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.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
168
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.8%
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 · For armed robbery, 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, 6.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Saint-Esprit is 97.0%, above compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.1 mi away. Results rank its schools #9 of 25 in Martinique.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Saint-Esprit is graded a C+ for health
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Esprit records 92 deaths per 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Esprit is Chum de Martinique, 8.9 mi away. 916 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 929: 1% below. Average lifespans in Martinique: 85.1 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Saint-Esprit · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chum de Martinique
9 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Saint-Esprit, fewer than in compared French towns
18% of adults hold a degree, lower than compared French towns (30%). Ages in Saint-Esprit split evenly at 49.6: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
49.6median age
Saint-EspritFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Martinique has none of its own)
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Saint-Esprit than in compared French towns: €14.97/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,669/m²: 42 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Esprit between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 90% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 42 homes were sold here.
€2,669/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Esprit€2,669/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,696/m²
38
€14.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.61 to €19.30/m² a month)
€17.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Esprit
Is Saint-Esprit safe?
It grades A− for safety, #1 of 25 in Martinique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Esprit good?
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns and #9 of 25 in Martinique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Saint-Esprit
Commune in Martinique
Saint-Esprit is a commune of 10,322 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
10,322 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Espace Sud de la 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.
