Photo: Change53 · CC BY-SA 4.0Changé stands out for theft from vehicles: 2.9 times the rate of a typical town its size
Theft from vehicles runs at 3.4 per 1,000 residents in Changé, against 1.2 in a typical town its size: police and gendarmerie recorded 22 in 2025. Overall, it grades B− for safety (#13 of 16 in Mayenne).
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 Changé
Burglary fell sharply
Police and gendarmerie recorded 65 cases of burglary in Changé in 2023 and 30 in 2025. Small counts swing from year to year; the grade averages the three years. Year by year ↓
Less violence than burglary, vehicle theft and damage
Changé recorded an average of 6.1 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns, and 15.7 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 38%. Safety Grade ↓
Counted where it happens
5,700 jobs are based in Changé, for 2,650 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 1,237 French towns of 4,600 to 8,800 people with a Safety Grade, Changé is 701st from the lowest recorded rate per resident. Towns its size ↓
Written from the SSMSI and INSEE data on this page. Figures are offenses police and gendarmerie recorded, not convictions.
Changé grades B− for safety
Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 421 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 6,502, a few cases more or fewer would move it between C+ and B.
Hidden counts: for other physical violence and vehicle theft, 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, 0.9% of the index here. What isn’t published ↓
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 2,500 to 10,000.
Well above the median of towns its size: theft from vehicles (3.4 per 1,000 against 1.2), drug use (2.2 per 1,000 against 1.2) and other physical violence (3.4 per 1,000 against 1.9). None recorded in 2025: armed robbery. Not published for 2025: vehicle theft, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts and drug dealing.
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.
The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025
Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).
Violence · per 1,000 residents
Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | 18 | 19 | 12 |
| Other physical violence | Violence | n.p. | 20 | 22 |
| Sexual violence | Violence | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Armed robbery | Violence | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 65 | 53 | 30 |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 23 | 33 | 22 |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 19 | 25 | 34 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 25 | 16 | 21 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | 15 | n.p. | n.p. |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 36 | 44 | 51 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | 13 | 18 | 14 |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
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”.
Changé is 701st of 1,237 French towns of 4,600 to 8,800 people
Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Changé and up to four from Mayenne.
| # | Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mouguerre Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 5,428 | 0.8 | 5.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | L'Huisserie Mayenne | 4,672 | 3.1 | 5.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 103 | Bonchamp-lès-Laval Mayenne | 6,302 | 3 | 9.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 539 | Évron Mayenne | 8,252 | 9.8 | 9.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 655 | Ernée Mayenne | 5,499 | 7.3 | 13.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 698 | Labarthe-sur-Lèze Haute-Garonne | 6,585 | 7.5 | 14.2 | B− |
| 699 | Créon Gironde | 4,950 | 8.2 | 13.6 | B− |
| 700 | Lagord Charente-Maritime | 7,802 | 4.9 | 16.9 | B− |
| 701 | Changé Mayenne | 6,502 | 6.1 | 15.7 | B− |
| 702 | Champagne-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 6,497 | 10.5 | 11.3 | B− |
| 703 | L'Île-d'Yeu Vendée | 4,883 | 8.5 | 13.3 | B− |
| 704 | Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien Eure-et-Loir | 6,419 | 8 | 13.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 1237 | Rungis Val-de-Marne | 5,611 | 19.3 | 44.6 | D− |
Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Changé with every compared French town, not just towns its size.
About 6 recorded violent incidents a year for every 1,000 residents
And 16 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 10 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.
Each dot is one resident’s share: offenses are counted, not victims, and one person can be the victim of several.
Changé and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changé | 6,502 | 6.1 | 15.7 | B− |
| Laval | 49,400 | 12.3 | 20.2 | D |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 7.4 | 13.7 | B− |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 3.5 | 10 | A |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval | 6,302 | 3 | 9.5 | A |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 3.1 | 5.6 | A+ |
| Argentré | 2,906 | 5.9 | 5.6 | A+ |
5 of its 6 graded neighbors have a lower recorded rate in the graded categories than Changé.
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 Changé
Is Changé safe?
It has more crime per resident than 52% of compared French towns: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 15.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B− for safety, #13 of 16 in Mayenne. Among the 1,237 French towns of 4,600 to 8,800 people, it is 701st from the lowest rate. With 5,700 jobs for 2,650 working residents, Changé 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 Changé?
The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025: 21 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 20 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 Changé?
Fraud: 51 in 2025, shown for information, not in the grade. Then criminal damage (34), burglary (30) and other physical violence (22).
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 October 30, 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.