Compiègne grades C− overall: better than 15% of compared French towns, and #40 of 56 in Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 82% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 32% 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 Compiègne 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 Compiègne.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Compiègne has higher unemployment than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 15.7%
That puts Compiègne above both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Compiègne has 26,550 jobs for 15,400 working residents, 1.7 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,310 a year per consumption unit.
32%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving64%
Public transport19%
On foot10%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
26,550
jobs based in Compiègne, 1.7 per working resident
15.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,310
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 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
48 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2006
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 48 historic monuments in Compiègne: 16 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 31 inscrit (the second level). Per 10,000 residents, Compiègne counts 12 protected monuments, above both Oise’s towns (4.1) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2006.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Compiègne costs more than in Oise’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.72/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Compiègne is above both Oise’s towns (€13.79/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,471/m², comes from 1,527 sales of houses and apartments in Compiègne from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Compiègne sell for €2,911/m² and apartments for €2,293/m².
€2,471/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Compiègne€2,471/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Oise median€2,311/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,911/m²
377
Apartments
€2,293/m²
1,150
€14.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.83 to €18.32/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,950
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Compiègne has more crime per resident than 67% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 1,044 offenses in the graded categories in Compiègne in 2025. 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.
10recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage406
Family violence160
Theft from vehicles133
Other physical violence130
Sexual violence100
Vehicle theft61
Burglary54
Drug use539
Theft without violence406
Fraud215
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
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,044
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
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Compiègne sees 93 deaths per 100 expected, against 97 in Oise’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 4,048 residents of Compiègne died, against 3,625 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. Its eight care homes for older people (688 places) count their residents as Compiègne’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
59
GPs in Compiègne · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Saint Come
0.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Saint Come
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
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Compiègne’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 Compiègne
Is Compiègne safe?
It grades C for safety, #37 of 56 in Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 54 burglaries and 406 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Compiègne good?
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #28 of 55 in Oise. 89% of 352 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Mireille Grenet in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Compiègne expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Compiègne grades C− for cost of living.
About Compiègne
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Compiègne is a commune of 40,761 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne. 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
40,761 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne
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.
