Where it falls short is safety — an average of 10.6 recorded violent incidents and 18 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also does well on schools — bac results 2.9 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. All told, that adds up to a B− overall and a rank of #26 of 68 in Moselle. That leaves it better than 46% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Saint-Avold 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-Avold.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Saint-Avold are out of work than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.7%
Median disposable income comes to €23,590 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Saint-Avold counts 2 jobs (10,850 jobs, 5,550 workers). At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Saint-Avold went to work by public transport.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot8%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
10,850
jobs based in Saint-Avold, 2 per working resident
15.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Avold records more crime per resident than three in four compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Avold was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 421 offenses locally.
10.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage173
Family violence55
Other physical violence55
Burglary46
Theft from vehicles43
Sexual violence30
Vehicle theft19
Theft without violence93
Drug use90
Fraud78
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.
10.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
421
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Avold run higher than in 75% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,756 deaths in Saint-Avold between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,563: 12% above. Its three care homes for older people (213 places) count their residents as Saint-Avold’s; allowing for them, deaths were 2% below expected. There are 20 general practitioners in the town. Life expectancy at birth in Moselle is 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Saint-Avold · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupe Sos Sante Hopital de Saint Avold
0.7 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Avold is Chapelle des Comtes de Créhange. This Moselle town has 6.1 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Moselle’s towns (0.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. 3.1% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Saint-Avold costs less than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.99/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.45/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.
€9.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Saint-Avold€9.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.92 to €12.59/m² a month)
€9.45/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Avold than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The median resident of Saint-Avold is 46.8 years old.
46.8median age
Saint-AvoldMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
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Saint-Avold’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 Saint-Avold
Is Saint-Avold safe?
It grades C− for safety, #60 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 46 burglaries and 173 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Avold good?
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #5 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 98% of 338 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers du tertiaire Jean-Victor Poncelet 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 Saint-Avold
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Saint-Avold is a commune of 14,755 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie. 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
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.
