Crime runs high: an average of 8.2 recorded violent incidents and 32.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest subject is walkability (A+): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 34% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,917/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, better than a tenth of compared French towns. It ranks #142 of 189 in Nord.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 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.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Villeneuve-d'Ascq are out of work than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.6%
34%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs based in Villeneuve-d'Ascq number 57,950, against 24,300 residents in work (2.4 per worker). Public transport took 23.7% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. Households’ median disposable income: €23,900 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving62%
Public transport24%
On foot6%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
57,950
jobs based in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 2.4 per working resident
15.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,900
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 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Villeneuve-d'Ascq sits above 96% of compared French towns
8.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Of the graded crimes in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, theft from vehicles came up most often (2025). All told, Villeneuve-d'Ascq had 2,768 recorded offenses in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles845
Criminal damage747
Vehicle theft421
Burglary220
Other physical violence212
Family violence192
Sexual violence117
Armed robbery14
Theft without violence761
Fraud480
Drug use211
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.
8.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
32.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
2,768
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Villeneuve-d'Ascq than in Nord’s towns or across compared French towns: €14.33/m² a month
€2,917/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,917/m², comes from 1,542 sales of houses and apartments in Villeneuve-d'Ascq from July 2023 to June 2026. Apartments in Villeneuve-d'Ascq sell for €2,565/m², houses for €3,067/m². Houses were nearly two thirds of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villeneuve-d'Ascq€2,917/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nord median€1,810/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,067/m²
999
Apartments
€2,565/m²
543
€14.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.43 to €17.97/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.52/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Européenne de Lille
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Villeneuve-d'Ascq skews young, with 20% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in Nord’s towns and across compared French towns
34.1median age
15% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 48% of adults, above Nord’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Under 15: 18% of residents.
Villeneuve-d'AscqNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education48%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Villeneuve-d'Ascq is above 72% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Villeneuve-d'Ascq come to 97 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 3,646 residents of Villeneuve-d'Ascq died, against 3,440 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. In Nord, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 90 general practitioners locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
90
GPs in Villeneuve-d'Ascq · 5.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Etablissement de Sante Saint Vincent Lille
1.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de Villeneuve D Ascq
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.
Among the classé monuments in Villeneuve-d'Ascq is Motte féodale dite Motte Quiquempoix. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 2.9%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
85.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the 18 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 80% passed the bac pro, of 399 candidates at 3 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 91.7% passed the bac, in line with Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its schools’ results rank #93 of 195 in Nord.
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About Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a commune of 62,868 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
Population
62,868 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole Européenne de Lille
Département
Nord (59)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
10.6 sq mi (27.6 km²)
INSEE code
59009
Villeneuve-d'Ascq’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 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Is Villeneuve-d'Ascq safe?
It grades D− for safety, #176 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 220 burglaries and 747 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Villeneuve-d'Ascq good?
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #93 of 195 in Nord. 100% of 270 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Adrien in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Villeneuve-d'Ascq expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,917/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Villeneuve-d'Ascq grades D for cost of living.
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.
