Creil grades D− overall: behind almost every compared French town, and #53 of 56 in Oise. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 23.5% unemployment. At the median price of €1,879/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Creil Sud Oise. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 43% 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 Creil 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Creil, 23.5%, runs above Oise’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Creil comes above both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €16,820 a year per consumption unit.
43%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving54%
Public transport33%
On foot9%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
14,850
jobs based in Creil, 1.3 per working resident
23.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€16,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than almost every compared French town
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Creil than in Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: €14.69/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Creil sits above both Oise’s towns (€13.79/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,879/m², comes from 478 sales of houses and apartments in Creil from July 2023 to June 2026. In Creil, houses go for €2,151/m² and apartments for €1,707/m².
€1,879/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Creil€1,879/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Oise median€2,311/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,151/m²
133
Apartments
€1,707/m²
345
€14.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.09 to €17.85/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€19,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Creil Sud Oise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Creil runs higher than in 82% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 967 offenses in the graded categories in Creil in 2025. Violence against people ran at 12.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.9 (2023–2025 average). 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, under 0.1% of the index here.
12.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage302
Other physical violence181
Family violence165
Sexual violence94
Vehicle theft94
Theft from vehicles68
Burglary63
Drug use572
Theft without violence281
Fraud166
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.
12.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
967
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
HealthHealth C−
Creil’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Creil records 99 deaths per 100 expected, close to Oise’s towns (97) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 2,287 residents of Creil died, against 1,799 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw127
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
35
GPs in Creil · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Ghpso Creil
6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Ghpso Senlis
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Creil: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Arnaud Labbe: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paccelis Morlende: Sanguinez, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynel Kitambala: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grégory Thil: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Laurent Pillon: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY 3.0 · Hélène Geoffroy: Gwada, CC BY-SA 3.0
Creil’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 Creil
Is Creil safe?
It grades C− for safety, #43 of 56 in Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 63 burglaries and 302 acts of criminal damage. With 14,850 jobs for 11,350 working residents, Creil draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Creil good?
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #42 of 55 in Oise. 85% of 380 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jules Uhry in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Creil expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,879/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Creil grades D for cost of living.
About Creil
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Creil is a commune of 36,301 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Creil Sud Oise. 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.
