Strong in places, weak in others. Its weakest is cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crépy-en-Valois’s overall grade, B−, puts it better than 47% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #16 of 56 in Oise. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 30% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety, C+ for schools, B− for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Crépy-en-Valois 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 Crépy-en-Valois.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Crépy-en-Valois gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in Oise’s towns and across compared French towns: 30.3% of commuters
Jobs located in Crépy-en-Valois: 6,400, for 6,000 residents in work (1.1 each). Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Public transport took 20.7% of Crépy-en-Valois’ working residents to work at the census.
30%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving65%
Public transport21%
On foot8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
6,400
jobs based in Crépy-en-Valois, 1.1 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,750
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 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Crépy-en-Valois than in Oise or compared French towns: 9.8 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Crépy-en-Valois is Porte de Paris. The town has 14 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 12 inscrit, the second level. 9 of the 14 are houses and mansions.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Crépy-en-Valois costs more than in Oise’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €15.16/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Crépy-en-Valois goes for €2,732/m², an apartment for €2,408/m². 453 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,632/m². Houses were 54% of what sold.
€2,632/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Crépy-en-Valois€2,632/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Oise median€2,311/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,732/m²
244
Apartments
€2,408/m²
209
€15.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.36 to €18.60/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,270
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
86.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.1 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Crépy-en-Valois is 94.5%, higher than both Oise’s towns (89.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #16 of 55 in Oise. At the general lycée, 95% of 379 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Crépy-en-Valois than in 56% of compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 11.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.8 (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 288 offenses recorded in Crépy-en-Valois. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
8.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage103
Family violence57
Other physical violence47
Burglary24
Sexual violence23
Theft from vehicles18
Vehicle theft16
Fraud105
Drug use82
Theft without violence71
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.
8.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
288
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Crépy-en-Valois sees 87 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, 1,587 residents of Crépy-en-Valois died, against 1,384 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Crépy-en-Valois is Ch Chicn Compiegne, 11.7 mi away. 8 GPs practise in the town. Women in Oise live to 84.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Crépy-en-Valois · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chicn Compiegne
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Chicn Compiegne
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 17%, below Oise’s towns (19%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Crépy-en-Valois has a median age of 44.8 years.
44.8median age
Crépy-en-ValoisOise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Restes de l'église Saint-Thomas: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Ancien château Saint-Aubin: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Église Saint-Denis: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Maison dite ancien Hôtel d'Orléans: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Crépy-en-Valois
Is Crépy-en-Valois safe?
It grades B for safety, #20 of 56 in Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 103 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Crépy-en-Valois good?
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #16 of 55 in Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Crépy-en-Valois expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,632/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Crépy-en-Valois grades C− for cost of living.
About Crépy-en-Valois
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Crépy-en-Valois is a commune of 14,351 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois. 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.
