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The town has 3,462 residents and lies in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Good on most counts; one lags. Health is its strong suit: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With an A− overall, Crèvecœur-le-Grand is better than 83% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #2 of 56 in Oise. The drawback is jobs & income (D): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 14.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,683/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The 2 things Crèvecœur-le-Grand does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Crèvecœur-le-Grand 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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Crèvecœur-le-Grand has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1959.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crèvecœur-le-Grand.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 509 deaths in Crèvecœur-le-Grand from 2016 to 2025; there were 496, 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Crèvecœur-le-Grand is Ch Beauvais, 10.9 mi away. This Oise town has 8 family doctors. In Oise, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
14.0% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €23,190 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 4.6% of working residents in Crèvecœur-le-Grand at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Crèvecœur-le-Grand, the most frequent was family violence (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 63 offenses in the town in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 7.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 10.6 (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 6.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 11.9 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s schools place #8 of 55 in Oise on results. The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jéhan le FréronNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Crèvecœur-le-Grand has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
24% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Crèvecœur-le-Grand is 43.7 years old. Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
84 sales of houses and apartments in Crèvecœur-le-Grand, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,683/m². The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,703/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Crèvecœur-le-Grand. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires françaisin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Crèvecœur-le-Grandin townMuseumMuseumMusée Agricole4.2 km northwest, in HétomesnilPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of Crèvecœur-le-Grand’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Nicolas: Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Crèvecœur-le-Grand as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand | 3,462 | — | A− | B− | B+ | A+ |
| Grandvilliers | 2,786 | 7.4 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Breteuil | 4,222 | 9.7 | C+ | C+ | D | B |
| Beauvais | 55,550 | 12 | D | C | D | C− |
| Bresles | 4,029 | 16 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Ailly-sur-Noye Somme | 2,648 | 16 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Auneuil | 2,898 | 17 | C+ | C | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #12 of 56 in Oise.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #8 of 55 in Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,683/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Crèvecœur-le-Grand grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Crèvecœur-le-Grand is a commune of 3,462 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.