Loos grades C− overall: better than 15% of compared French towns, and #129 of 189 in Nord. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1 job per working resident; 16.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,483/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 35% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Loos 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 Loos.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Loos gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 35.3% of commuters
For Loos, that is above both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 16.4%. Loos has 8,800 jobs for 8,900 working residents, 1 per worker.
35%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
Public transport21%
On foot9%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,800
jobs based in Loos, 1 per working resident
16.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,930
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 98% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Loos records more crime per resident than 86% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 742 offenses in the graded categories in Loos in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 23.6 (2023–2025 average). 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, 0.1% of the index here.
8.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage265
Theft from vehicles153
Family violence75
Other physical violence70
Burglary69
Sexual violence57
Vehicle theft53
Theft without violence145
Fraud134
Drug use56
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.
8.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
742
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Loos costs more than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.29/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Loos above both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,483/m², comes from 733 sales of houses and apartments in Loos from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Loos sell for €2,273/m² and apartments for €2,667/m².
€2,483/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Loos€2,483/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,273/m²
367
Apartments
€2,667/m²
366
€14.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.87 to €17.22/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Européenne de Lille
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Loos records 94 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 105 in Nord’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,631 residents of Loos died, against 1,329 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. Its five care homes for older people (347 places) count their residents as Loos’; allowing for them, deaths were 6% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
21
GPs in Loos · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Roger Salengro Hopital du Chu de Lille
1.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Jeanne de Flandre du Chu de Lille
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.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Loos, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Gustave Danneels: Anonymous, for Le Miroir des Sports, Public domain · Léon de Rosny: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Paul Bertrand: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Michel Degand: Bajou, Public domain · Suzanne Held: Steinberg-Vieville, CC BY-SA 4.0
Loos’ 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 Loos
Is Loos safe?
It grades D for safety, #147 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 69 burglaries and 265 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Loos good?
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns and #58 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 207 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Vincent de Paul 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.
Is Loos expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Loos grades C− for cost of living.
About Loos
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Loos is a commune of 22,567 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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.
