Photo: Romainbehar · CC0Caluire-et-Cuire records robbery without a weapon at 3.3 times the rate of a typical town its size
Out of every 1,000 residents, 5.4 violent crimes and 20.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle theft and damage are reported annually. Its place among the 197 compared French towns closest in size is 62nd, the least crime first. Caluire-et-Cuire grades C for safety overall (#67 of 107 in Rhône): more crime per resident than 70% of compared French towns, on offenses police and gendarmerie recorded from 2023 to 2025.
Offenses recorded per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average (INSEE population of each year). Violence, and burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage, count equally.
What stands out about safety in Caluire-et-Cuire
Vehicle theft fell sharply
Police and gendarmerie recorded 143 cases of vehicle theft in Caluire-et-Cuire in 2023 and 95 in 2025. The grade averages the three years. Year by year ↓
Ranks better on violence than on burglary, vehicle theft and damage
Caluire-et-Cuire recorded an average of 5.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns, and 20.7 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 16%. Safety Grade ↓
Among towns its size
Among the 197 French towns of 30,500 to 58,900 people with a Safety Grade, Caluire-et-Cuire is 62nd from the lowest recorded rate per resident. Towns its size ↓
Written from the SSMSI and INSEE data on this page. Figures are offenses police and gendarmerie recorded, not convictions.
Caluire-et-Cuire: C for safety, and why
A firm grade. Built on 3,410 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 43,597, a few cases more or fewer would not change the grade: C.
Hidden counts: 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, 0.1% of the index here. What isn’t published ↓
Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Well above the median of towns its size: robbery without a weapon (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.3), theft from vehicles (6 per 1,000 against 2.6) and theft of vehicle parts (2.9 per 1,000 against 1.3). Not published for 2025: armed robbery.
Theft without violence, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts, fraud and drug offenses 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.
Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 10,000 to 50,000.
62nd of 197: Caluire-et-Cuire among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Joseph Réunion | 39,207 | 9.4 | 4.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Lyon 4e Rhône | 34,752 | 5.8 | 17.6 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 59 | Brive-la-Gaillarde Corrèze | 47,095 | 10.9 | 15.1 | C |
| 60 | Le Port Réunion | 33,969 | 14.7 | 11.3 | C |
| 61 | Chalon-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 45,102 | 10.4 | 15.7 | C |
| 62 | Caluire-et-Cuire Rhône | 43,597 | 5.4 | 20.7 | C |
| 63 | Saint-Laurent-du-Var Alpes-Maritimes | 32,172 | 8 | 18.1 | C |
| 64 | Albi Tarn | 51,290 | 9.2 | 17 | C |
| 65 | Mantes-la-Jolie Yvelines | 43,526 | 10.9 | 15.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 73 | Oullins-Pierre-Bénite Rhône | 38,168 | 7.2 | 20 | C |
| … | |||||
| 101 | Meyzieu Rhône | 36,687 | 7.5 | 22.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 109 | Rillieux-la-Pape Rhône | 31,389 | 10.5 | 20.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 197 | Marseille 1er Bouches-du-Rhône | 37,599 | 27.4 | 70.7 | D− |
Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Caluire-et-Cuire with every compared French town, not just towns its size.
Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Caluire-et-Cuire and up to four from Rhône.
Crime in Caluire-et-Cuire per 1,000 residents
Each dot is one resident’s share: offenses are counted, not victims, and one person can be the victim of several.
And 21 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 17 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.
The graded rate, 2023 to 2025: about level
Violence · per 1,000 residents
Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | 85 | 90 | 107 |
| Other physical violence | Violence | 88 | 86 | 99 |
| Sexual violence | Violence | 48 | 47 | 51 |
| Armed robbery | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 234 | 239 | 170 |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 143 | 120 | 95 |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 220 | 194 | 261 |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 338 | 304 | 391 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 343 | 285 | 419 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | 37 | 38 | 46 |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | 108 | 109 | 128 |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 334 | 401 | 440 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | 99 | 118 | 124 |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | 13 |
Counts mix units, as SSMSI publishes them: victims for violence, offenses for burglary and damage, vehicles for vehicle theft. That’s why the page never adds them into one “total crimes”.
Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).
Caluire-et-Cuire and the towns around it
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caluire-et-Cuire | 43,597 | 5.4 | 20.7 | C |
| Lyon 4e | 34,752 | 5.8 | 17.6 | C+ |
| Lyon 6e | 49,385 | 7.7 | 46.6 | D− |
| Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or | 6,327 | 5.5 | 17.6 | C+ |
| Lyon 1er | 28,717 | 14.7 | 31.1 | D− |
| Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or | 4,669 | 6.1 | 20.2 | C |
| Lyon 9e | 53,567 | 10 | 25.4 | D |
2 of its 6 graded neighbors have a lower recorded rate in the graded categories than Caluire-et-Cuire.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where offenses happen, not where victims live. SSMSI counts each offense in the commune where police or gendarmerie recorded it happening. Towns with shops, stations, a hospital or nightlife record more per resident, and visitors are part of that count but not of the population it is divided by.
- An index, not a total. The kinds are counted in different units (victims, offenses, vehicles), so the grade adds their rates per 1,000 residents into an index and never shows a “total crimes” or a chance of being a victim.
- Hidden counts. SSMSI doesn’t publish a commune’s count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years). In its place it gives the average among the département’s communes whose count is hidden; the grade uses that average, never zero, and a town gets no Safety Grade when over a quarter of its index would come from such averages.
- Recorded, not all crime. Only offenses reported to or found by police and gendarmerie are counted. Reporting rates differ by kind: most vehicle thefts are reported, much family and sexual violence isn’t.
Questions about safety in Caluire-et-Cuire
Is Caluire-et-Cuire safe?
It has more crime per resident than 70% of compared French towns: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 20.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades C for safety, #67 of 107 in Rhône. Among the 197 French towns of 30,500 to 58,900 people, it is 62nd from the lowest rate.
Is crime going up in Caluire-et-Cuire?
The recorded rate in the graded categories held steady from 2023 to 2025: 26.5 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 27 in 2025. The grade uses the three-year average, so one unusual year moves it less.
What is the most common recorded offense in Caluire-et-Cuire?
Fraud: 440 in 2025, shown for information, not in the grade. Then theft without violence (419), criminal damage (391) and theft from vehicles (261).
Sources: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 (base communale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2026 edition) · INSEE, legal populations for each year · INSEE, census 2023 (jobs and working residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 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.