Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Crime is low: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Steenwerck’s overall grade, A−, puts it better than 81% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #10 of 189 in Nord. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,117/m² takes 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Steenwerck 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 Steenwerck.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Steenwerck than in 82% of compared French towns
All told, Steenwerck had 37 recorded offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was sexual violence (2025).
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence13
Family violence12
Criminal damage12
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence8
Drug use7
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.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
37
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.3%
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 other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 15.3% 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.
HealthHealth C
Steenwerck’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (82 places) counts its residents as Steenwerck’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 428 residents of Steenwerck died, against 360 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Steenwerck · 5.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Armentieres
4.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Armentieres
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Steenwerck, 6.1%, runs below Nord’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €27,470 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Nord’s towns (€23,900) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 1,600 residents in work, Steenwerck has 800 jobs: 0.5 each. 10.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
800
jobs based in Steenwerck, 0.5 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Steenwerck: 13% were built before 1919, more than in both Nord’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Steenwerck, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Steenwerck than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: 32% of adults
One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with Nord’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Steenwerck are older than 44.6.
44.6median age
SteenwerckNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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−
The middle sale price in Steenwerck: €2,117/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.68/m² a month. 95 houses and apartments changed hands in Steenwerck from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.36/m² a month, about level with Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,117/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Steenwerck€2,117/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,118/m²
90
€11.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.45 to €13.66/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Steenwerck
Is Steenwerck safe?
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 189 in Nord.
Is Steenwerck expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Steenwerck grades B− for cost of living.
About Steenwerck
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Steenwerck is a commune of 3,450 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.
