Several subjects drag its grade down. Safety is its weak spot — an average of 18.8 recorded violent incidents and 20.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its best grade is for walkability — 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 35% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results are strong (B+): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,258/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. All told, that adds up to a C− overall and a rank of #69 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Nationally, it does better than 17% of compared French towns.
Figures: 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.
Each subject compares Arras 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 Arras.
History
Arras: 227 historic monuments, more per resident than almost any compared French town
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For its size, Arras has 53 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2019. 206 of the 227 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in the town is Hôtel de ville.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Arras, 16.5%, runs above Pas-de-Calais’ towns and compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,410 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Arras number 35,250, against 16,700 residents in work (2.1 per worker). 2.5% of Arras’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
35%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving61%
Public transport16%
On foot15%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
35,250
jobs based in Arras, 2.1 per working resident
16.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,410
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 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Arras sees more crime per resident than 95% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Arras came to 1,738 in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
18.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage686
Other physical violence379
Family violence305
Sexual violence142
Burglary111
Theft from vehicles67
Vehicle theft48
Theft without violence538
Drug use382
Fraud309
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.
18.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,738
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Arras sees 106 deaths per 100 expected, against 115 in Pas-de-Calais’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Arras can choose among 39 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 3,912 residents of Arras died, against 3,362 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
39
GPs in Arras · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Arras
0.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Arras
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Arras than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 93.1%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 86% of 496 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. On results, collèges and lycées here come #39 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. At the four general lycées, 96% of 1,536 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
Arras is graded a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Arras sell for €2,483/m², houses for €1,943/m². 1,484 sales of houses and apartments in the town, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,258/m². Houses accounted for 43% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,258/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Arras€2,258/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,943/m²
643
Apartments
€2,483/m²
841
€12.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.13 to €15.83/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Hôtel de ville: Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 4.0 · Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Waast: Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 4.0 · Cathédrale Notre-Dame et Saint-Vaast: Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0
Benoît Assou-Ekotto: Ronnie Macdonald, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lucien Gaudin: Agence Rol, Public domain · Gabriel Hanot: Agence Rol, Public domain · René Huyghe: Jack de Nijs for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maxime Colin: Struway2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Adrien Petit: René Hourdry, CC BY-SA 4.0
Arras’ 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 Arras
Is Arras safe?
It grades D for safety, #103 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 111 burglaries and 686 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Arras good?
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns and #39 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. 98% of 309 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Robespierre in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Arras 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 €2,258/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.66/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Arras grades C for cost of living.
About Arras
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Arras is a commune of 42,875 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. 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.
