Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf grades low on several counts. At D overall, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is better than 14% of compared French towns and ranks #56 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Safety is weaker too (C−): an average of 11.7 recorded violent incidents and 19.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Where it does best is walkability — 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,487/m², so 70 m² costs 4.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole Rouen Normandie.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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 Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 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 Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf are out of work than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 18.2%
Half of residents lived on more than €21,880 a year per consumption unit, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 2.5% of working residents in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf didn’t travel to work at all. 16.9% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 79% drove.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport8%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,600
jobs based in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf, 0.7 per working resident
18.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,880
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 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf sits above 83% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf was criminal damage (2025). Its tally for 2025: 363 recorded offenses.
11.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage146
Family violence52
Other physical violence38
Theft from vehicles36
Burglary35
Vehicle theft32
Sexual violence24
Fraud53
Theft without violence48
Drug use34
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.
11.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
363
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
82.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the seven collèges within 5 km, 1.5 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 74% passed the bac pro, of 163 candidates at 2 lycées. On results, collèges and lycées here come #48 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. At the three general lycées, 95% of 655 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is above 70% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf can choose among 2 GPs. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf come to 96 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 1,417 residents of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf died, against 1,097 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. In Seine-Maritime, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Elbeuf les Feugrais
1.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Elbeuf les Feugrais
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.
Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf: 13% are 15 to 24, above Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here. 20% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
40.7median age
Caudebec-lès-ElbeufSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
HousingCost of living B
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is graded a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,487/m², comes from 338 sales of houses and apartments in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf from July 2023 to June 2026. A house in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf goes for €1,610/m², an apartment for €1,280/m². Among the homes sold, 68% were houses.
€1,487/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf€1,487/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,610/m²
231
Apartments
€1,280/m²
107
€11.59/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.93 to €15.04/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Rouen Normandie
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Is Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf safe?
It grades C− for safety, #53 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 146 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf good?
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #48 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. The lycée stands out: 100% of 127 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Fénelon in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,487/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.59/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf grades B for cost of living.
About Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is a commune of 10,476 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.
