Raismes grades low on several counts. Its weakest is jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 22.4% unemployment. Safety is weaker too: an average of 12.8 recorded violent incidents and 23.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Where it does best is walkability: 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,380/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. The overall grade comes out at D−, #172 of 189 in Nord. Set against the rest, it does better than 4% of compared French towns. Residents’ health trails most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Raismes 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 Raismes.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Raismes than in 92% of compared French towns
In all, 530 offenses reached the police record in Raismes in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
12.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage172
Family violence85
Burglary75
Other physical violence62
Vehicle theft55
Theft from vehicles51
Sexual violence30
Theft without violence58
Drug use49
Fraud40
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.
12.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
530
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 D
Raismes has a higher adjusted death rate than 88% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. After the care-home adjustment, Raismes’ deaths ran at 106 per 100 expected, near Nord’s towns (105) and higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,190 residents of Raismes died, against 974 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Raismes · 6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier General de Valenciennes
2.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier General de Valenciennes
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Raismes, 22.4%, runs above Nord’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €20,000 a year per consumption unit, below both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 6.1% of Raismes’ working residents to work at the census. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Raismes didn’t travel to work at all.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport6%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
2,700
jobs based in Raismes, 0.7 per working resident
22.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,000
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 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Raismes hold a degree than in Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 15%
Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, near Nord’s towns (19%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population.
39.3median age
RaismesNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Raismes is graded a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Raismes sell for €1,448/m², houses for €1,349/m². The median price, €1,380/m², comes from 330 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,380/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Raismes€1,380/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,349/m²
290
Apartments
€1,448/m²
40
€11.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.60 to €13.49/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€21,900
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Raismes
Is Raismes safe?
It grades D for safety, #162 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 75 burglaries and 172 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Raismes good?
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #131 of 195 in Nord. 95% of 370 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de l'Escaut in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Raismes expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,380/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.38/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Raismes grades B− for cost of living.
About Raismes
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Raismes is a commune of 12,199 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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.
