Boos grades A overall: better than 93% of compared French towns, and #1 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Boos 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 Boos.
Safety
Boos records less crime per resident than 99% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 34 offenses in the graded categories in Boos in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Boos ranks 2nd of the 70 compared towns in Seine-Maritime. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 21.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
2.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary14
Family violence10
Criminal damage10
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence11
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.
2.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
34
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.0%
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
Who lives here
Children make up 21% of Boos, above Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Boos comes above both Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents.
41.2median age
BoosSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Boos’ ages would predict, 81 per 100 expected, under Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Boos, that is below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (94) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Boos · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Charles Nicolle Chu Rouen
5.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Mathilde
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Boos: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Renting in Boos costs less than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.34/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Boos below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,425/m², comes from 102 sales of houses and apartments in Boos from July 2023 to June 2026. A home here costs 7 years of the median income in Métropole Rouen Normandie.
€2,425/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Boos€2,425/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,425/m²
102
€10.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.72 to €12.25/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Rouen Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Boos has lower unemployment than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%
On this, Boos is below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Boos has 1,250 jobs for 1,850 working residents, 0.7 per worker. The median disposable income is €28,670 a year per consumption unit.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport6%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,250
jobs based in Boos, 0.7 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Boos
Is Boos safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Boos good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #13 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. 97% of 355 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Galilée in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Boos expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Boos grades C+ for cost of living.
About Boos
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Boos is a commune of 3,975 people in the Métropole Rouen Normandie. 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.
