Hazebrouck’s lowest grade is for health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment. Fewer journeys need a car: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,973/m² takes 5.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre. The overall grade lands at B−, better than half of compared French towns. That places it #45 of 189 in Nord. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Hazebrouck 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 Hazebrouck.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Getting about on foot is easier in Hazebrouck than in 91% of compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 12.8%, about level with Nord’s towns (13.2%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,680 a year. At the census, 12.1% of working residents in Hazebrouck went to work by public transport.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
Public transport12%
On foot10%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
9,400
jobs based in Hazebrouck, 1.1 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Hazebrouck has a higher adjusted death rate than three in four compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 20 general practitioners in Hazebrouck. Adjusted mortality here: 98 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,110 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,357, 12% more. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Hazebrouck · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Hazebrouck
0.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Hazebrouck
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.4% of the total, below Nord’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
88.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 1.7 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Hazebrouck, 95.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Schools rank #85 of 195 in Nord. At the four general lycées, 98% of 587 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Hazebrouck has less crime per resident than 54% of compared French towns
All told, Hazebrouck had 509 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12. Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
8.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage241
Other physical violence90
Family violence77
Sexual violence48
Theft from vehicles25
Vehicle theft15
Burglary13
Drug use164
Theft without violence117
Fraud103
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.
8.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
509
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Hazebrouck: 13% are 15 to 24, above Nord’s towns and compared French towns
17% are under 15, below Nord’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 23% of the population. Line up the people of Hazebrouck by age and the one in the middle is 43.3.
43.3median age
HazebrouckNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Hazebrouck’s median home price is €1,973/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Hazebrouck sell for €1,890/m² and apartments for €2,597/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 798 homes were sold here. The sales split: 83% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,973/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Hazebrouck€1,973/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,890/m²
665
Apartments
€2,597/m²
133
€11.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.36 to €14.67/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre
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Hazebrouck’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 Hazebrouck
Is Hazebrouck safe?
It grades B− for safety, #64 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 241 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Hazebrouck good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #85 of 195 in Nord. 96% of 49 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Fondation Depoorter in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Hazebrouck expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.72/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hazebrouck grades B− for cost of living.
About Hazebrouck
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Hazebrouck is a commune of 21,912 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre. 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.
