Overall, Neufchâtel-Hardelot earns a C: better than 30% of compared French towns, and #51 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 16.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is a safe place by the numbers (B+): an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Neufchâtel-Hardelot 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 Neufchâtel-Hardelot.
HousingCost of living D−
Buying in Neufchâtel-Hardelot costs more than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €5,273/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.00/m² a month, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses in Neufchâtel-Hardelot sell for €4,318/m² and apartments for €5,947/m². Among the homes sold, 45% were houses.
€5,273/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Neufchâtel-Hardelot€5,273/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€1,668/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,318/m²
213
Apartments
€5,947/m²
259
€13.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.63 to €15.90/m² a month)
16.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Neufchâtel-Hardelot is a graduates’ town: 39% hold a degree, more than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.1% of the population. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Residents of Neufchâtel-Hardelot have a median age of 51.8.
51.8median age
Neufchâtel-HardelotPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, Neufchâtel-Hardelot sees 95 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.
Neufchâtel-Hardelot has 8 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Neufchâtel-Hardelot is Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer, 6.7 mi away. 507 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 458: 11% above. In Pas-de-Calais, women can expect to live 83.5 years and men 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Neufchâtel-Hardelot · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer
6.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer
83.5 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pas-de-Calais, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Neufchâtel-Hardelot has less crime per resident than 68% of compared French towns
All told, Neufchâtel-Hardelot had 57 recorded offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
6.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage26
Family violence9
Burglary8
Other physical violence7
Sexual violence7
Fraud22
Theft without violence18
Drug use10
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.
6.4
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
57
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.5%
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 5.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Neufchâtel-Hardelot: 3 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.3% of the total, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (4.2%) and below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Neufchâtel-Hardelot is better off than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €28,640 a year per consumption unit
For its 1,600 residents in work, Neufchâtel-Hardelot has 900 jobs: 0.6 each. 9.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
900
jobs based in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, 0.6 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Neufchâtel-Hardelot
Is Neufchâtel-Hardelot safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #29 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
Is Neufchâtel-Hardelot expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Neufchâtel-Hardelot grades D− for cost of living.
About Neufchâtel-Hardelot
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Neufchâtel-Hardelot is a commune of 4,115 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. 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.
