Bresles grades B− overall: better than 55% of compared French towns, and #12 of 56 in Oise. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,027/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
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 Bresles 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
On foot, Bresles works better than 84% of compared French towns
At the census, 10.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Oise’s towns (17.7%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). Bresles has 1,650 jobs for 1,700 working residents, 1 per worker.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,650
jobs based in Bresles, 1 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,000
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 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Bresles’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 463 residents of Bresles died, against 357 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more. Its two care homes for older people (125 places) count their residents as Bresles’; allowing for them, deaths were 5% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Bresles · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Clermont
8.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Beauvais
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bresles has more crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 121 offenses in the graded categories in Bresles in 2025. For burglary, 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, 2.5% of the index here.
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage46
Other physical violence21
Family violence19
Vehicle theft14
Theft from vehicles13
Sexual violence8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence18
Fraud16
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.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
121
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Bresles keeps more of its old housing than Oise or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Bresles comes above both Oise’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bresles: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bresles
Is Bresles safe?
It grades C for safety, #36 of 56 in Oise.
Are schools in Bresles good?
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #2 of 55 in Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bresles expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,027/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bresles grades C+ for cost of living.
About Bresles
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Bresles is a commune of 4,029 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis. 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.
