Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,415 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Lacroix-Saint-Ouen grades C+ overall: better than 36% of compared French towns, and #26 of 56 in Oise. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,439/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% 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.
The one thing Lacroix-Saint-Ouen does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Jaux, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen.
11.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Oise’s towns (17.7%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €27,760 a year per consumption unit. Lacroix-Saint-Ouen has 3,200 jobs for 2,350 working residents, 1.4 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Lacroix-Saint-Ouen’s deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, above both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 402 residents of Lacroix-Saint-Ouen died, against 391 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,439/m², comes from 188 sales of houses and apartments in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen sell for €2,486/m² and apartments for €2,258/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,486/m² | 153 |
| Apartments | €2,258/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Lacroix-Saint-Ouen sits below both Oise’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Under-15s account for 20% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Lacroix-Saint-Ouen, 86.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Oise’s towns (89.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules VerneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 88%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charles de GaulleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 224 | 91%−4 pts |
| Collège André MalrauxBest against expectations: 23 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 75 | 88%+23 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 134 offenses in the graded categories in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 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, 1.5% of the index here.
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
Heritage and family days out in and near Lacroix-Saint-Ouen. Best known first.
Nothing in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen | 5,415 | — | C+ | C− | B− | C− |
| Compiègne | 40,761 | 3.8 | C− | C− | C | C+ |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre | 3,111 | 3.9 | C | C+ | A− | D |
| Verberie | 3,898 | 4.1 | C+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Venette | 2,758 | 4.2 | C− | C | C− | C |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne | 8,677 | 5 | C | C− | B | C+ |
| Choisy-au-Bac | 3,449 | 7.2 | B+ | C− | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #30 of 56 in Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #15 of 55 in Oise. 91% of 224 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles de Gaulle in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.79/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lacroix-Saint-Ouen grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Lacroix-Saint-Ouen is a commune of 5,415 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
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 October 30, 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.