Safety is another plus (A) — an average of 1.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €2,255/m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, better than almost every compared French town. That places it #1 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 La Roche-Blanche 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.
Oppidum de Gergovie: Photo: Szeder László · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Roche-Blanche.
Safety
For crime per resident, La Roche-Blanche sits below 92% of compared French towns
1.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
The police record for La Roche-Blanche lists 29 offenses in 2025. On the Safety Grade, La Roche-Blanche ranks 3rd of the 38 compared towns in Puy-de-Dôme. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in La Roche-Blanche (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Burglary14
Armed robbery0
Fraud17
Theft without violence12
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.
1.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
19.0%
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· Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 19.0% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, La Roche-Blanche sees fewer deaths than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 71 per 100 expected
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of La Roche-Blanche can choose among 4 GPs. Women in Puy-de-Dôme live to 85.6 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 323 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 374: 14% below.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in La Roche-Blanche · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand
4.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive la Chataigneraie
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in La Roche-Blanche are 15 to 24: 7.2%, fewer than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
49.3median age
42% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of La Roche-Blanche have a median age of 49.3.
La Roche-BlanchePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education42%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Fewer people in La Roche-Blanche are out of work than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.9%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 4.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Median disposable income comes to €31,480 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,100
jobs based in La Roche-Blanche, 0.8 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
La Roche-Blanche is a commune of 3,311 people in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. 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
Population
3,311 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté
Département
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.7 km²)
INSEE code
63302
La Roche-Blanche’s 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 La Roche-Blanche
Is La Roche-Blanche safe?
It grades A for safety, #3 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Is La Roche-Blanche 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 €2,255/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Roche-Blanche grades A− for cost of living.
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.
