Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,527 residents, it is a town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Criel-sur-Mer’s overall C− puts it #44 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. It comes out better than nearly a quarter of compared French towns. The weak point is jobs & income (C−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,468/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Villes Sœurs. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Criel-sur-Mer 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.
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The 2 things Criel-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
Criel-sur-Mer has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1930.
Louis Delaporte, born in 1896, is the one person born in Criel-sur-Mer before 1900 that Wikidata records.
The list names few of Criel-sur-Mer’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château de Briançon: Photo: Ytierny · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Criel-sur-Mer.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. 12% are under 15, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by 22% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Criel-sur-Mer | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 10.4%, lower than Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 2.0% of Criel-sur-Mer’s working residents to work at the census. Median disposable income comes to €25,660 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Seine-Maritime: 84.7 years for women, 78.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 251 deaths in Criel-sur-Mer between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 268: 6% below. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 94 per 100 expected, about level with Seine-Maritime’s towns (94) and above compared French towns (88).
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
The graded crime recorded most in Criel-sur-Mer was family violence (2025). All told, Criel-sur-Mer had 72 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 7.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.9 (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence 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, 9.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 14th century. 7.2% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,372/m² in Criel-sur-Mer, apartments for €2,823/m². 232 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,468/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,372/m² | 178 |
| Apartments | €2,823/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Criel-sur-Mer, 85.0% passed the bac, lower than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 3 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #20 of 75 in Seine-Maritime on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Rachel SalmonaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 80%+4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Le Hurle-VentNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 60 | 85%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Criel-sur-Mer.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Criel-sur-Mer is a commune of 2,527 people in the Communauté de communes des Villes Sœurs. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criel-sur-Mer | 2,527 | — | C− | B− | C+ | C |
| Le Tréport | 4,378 | 3.2 | C− | C | C− | D− |
| Mers-les-Bains Somme | 2,540 | 4.2 | C− | C− | C | D |
| Eu | 6,499 | 4.6 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Petit-Caux | 9,513 | 6.4 | A− | B− | A+ | B |
| Friville-Escarbotin Somme | 4,306 | 11 | C | B+ | D | D |
| Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont | 3,665 | 11 | B+ | B | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #35 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns and #20 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,468/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Criel-sur-Mer grades B− for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · 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.