Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Crime is low: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It is strong on cost of living as well — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment. Schools lag (C): brevet results 3.7 points below the expected rate. The overall grade comes out at B+, #11 of 68 in Moselle. Nationally, it does better than three quarters of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Créhange 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 Créhange.
Safety
Créhange records less crime per resident than 99% of compared French towns
No compared town in Moselle has less graded crime per resident than Créhange: it ranks first of 68. In 2025, 25 offenses were recorded here. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Créhange (2025).
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Family violence12
Armed robbery0
Fraud20
Theft without violence7
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.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
19.7%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 19.7% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Créhange costs less than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.90/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.48/m² a month. France’s property-sale records don’t cover Alsace and Moselle, which keep their own land register, so the Cost Grade here uses rent alone.
€9.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Créhange€9.90/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.72 to €12.69/m² a month)
€8.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,650
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du District Urbain de Faulquemont
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Brevet near Créhange: 88.5% passed, against 84.3% in Moselle’s towns and 87.5% in compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.9 mi away. Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one. Results rank its schools #53 of 78 in Moselle.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Créhange than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15
25% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7% of the town. Graduates make up nearly a fifth of adults.
48.3median age
CréhangeMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Créhange sees 89 deaths per 100 expected, against 103 in Moselle’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Créhange is Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold, 7.2 mi away. At birth, a girl in Moselle can expect 83.6 years and a boy 79.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. This Moselle town has 3 family doctors.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Créhange · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Nabor de Saint Avold
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Only 7.2% of commuters in Créhange go to work without a car, fewer than in Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Moselle’s towns (12.3%). At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Créhange went to work by public transport. Households’ median disposable income: €24,080 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
750
jobs based in Créhange, 0.5 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Jean-Yves Masson: Theodiscus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Baptiste Gellé: Jean-Louis Gilson, dit Abraham Gilson (1741-1809), Public domain · Arthur Muller: Markal-SV, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Claire Bodonyi: Africany, CC BY 4.0
Créhange’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Créhange
Is Créhange safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 68 in Moselle.
Are schools in Créhange good?
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #53 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Créhange
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Créhange is a commune of 3,691 people in the Communauté de communes du District Urbain de Faulquemont. 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
3,691 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du District Urbain de Faulquemont
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.
