Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC0Le Trait records other physical violence at 2.9 times the rate of a typical town its size
The local count comes to 11.7 violent crimes and 15.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle theft and damage per 1,000 people each year. All told, Le Trait grades C for safety (#40 of 70 in Seine-Maritime): more crime per resident than 74% of compared French towns, on offenses police and gendarmerie recorded from 2023 to 2025. The crimes the grade counts fell 30% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Its place among the 1,552 compared French towns closest in size is 1,336th, the least crime first.
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 Le Trait
Criminal damage fell sharply
Police and gendarmerie recorded 105 cases of criminal damage in Le Trait in 2023 and 30 in 2025. Small counts swing from year to year; the grade averages the three years. Year by year ↓
Ranks worse on violence than on burglary, vehicle theft and damage
Le Trait recorded an average of 11.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, fewer than in 16% of compared French towns, and 15.9 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, fewer than in 37%. Safety Grade ↓
Counted where it happens
4,000 jobs are based in Le Trait, for 1,800 working residents. Offenses are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents, so a town people come into for work and shops records more per resident than one they leave. How to read it ↓
Among towns its size
Among the 1,552 French towns of 3,300 to 6,400 people with a Safety Grade, Le Trait is 1,336th 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.
What’s behind Le Trait’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 382 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 4,704, a few cases more or fewer would move it between C− and C+.
Hidden counts: for armed robbery, 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, 2.2% of the index here. What isn’t published ↓
Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.
Le Trait, year by year
Violence · per 1,000 residents
Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | 13 | 24 | 29 |
| Other physical violence | Violence | 15 | 9 | 25 |
| Sexual violence | Violence | 11 | 20 | 17 |
| Armed robbery | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 10 | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | 6 | n.p. |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 105 | 41 | 30 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 16 | 20 | 22 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | 0 | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 23 | 28 | 20 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | 23 | 13 | 8 |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | 0 | n.p. | n.p. |
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).
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Well above the median of towns its size: sexual violence (3.6 per 1,000 against 1), other physical violence (5.3 per 1,000 against 1.9) and family violence (6.2 per 1,000 against 3.4). Not published for 2025: armed robbery, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts and drug dealing.
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 2,500 to 10,000.
Among 1,552 towns its size, Le Trait ranks 1,336th for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mouguerre Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 5,428 | 0.8 | 5.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Octeville-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 6,172 | 1.8 | 5.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Boos Seine-Maritime | 3,975 | 2.8 | 5.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 72 | Terres-de-Caux Seine-Maritime | 4,245 | 4.1 | 6.1 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 300 | Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont Seine-Maritime | 3,665 | 5.6 | 7.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 1333 | Le Coudray Eure-et-Loir | 4,038 | 9.3 | 18.3 | C |
| 1334 | Ligny-en-Barrois Meuse | 3,677 | 12.7 | 14.9 | C |
| 1335 | Coubron Seine-Saint-Denis | 5,175 | 7.7 | 20 | C |
| 1336 | Le Trait Seine-Maritime | 4,704 | 11.7 | 15.9 | C |
| 1337 | Saint-Memmie Marne | 5,441 | 7.5 | 20.2 | C |
| 1338 | Nogent-sur-Seine Aube | 5,537 | 10.2 | 17.5 | C |
| 1339 | Semur-en-Auxois Côte-d'Or | 3,986 | 13.5 | 14.3 | C |
| … | |||||
| 1552 | Saint-Tropez Var | 3,582 | 24.8 | 53.3 | D− |
Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Le Trait with every compared French town, not just towns its size.
Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Le Trait and up to four from Seine-Maritime.
Crime in Le Trait 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 16 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 9 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.
Le Trait and the towns around it
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Trait | 4,704 | 11.7 | 15.9 | C |
| Arelaune-en-Seine | 2,546 | 4.8 | 9 | A |
| Duclair | 3,996 | 8.7 | 9.5 | B+ |
| Rives-en-Seine | 4,002 | 9.2 | 9.6 | B |
| Barentin | 12,022 | 11.7 | 15.7 | C |
| Pavilly | 6,029 | 8.3 | 11.2 | B |
| Bourg-Achard Eure | 4,026 | 9.7 | 9.8 | B |
Le Trait’s recorded rate in the graded categories is higher than each of its 6 graded neighbors’.
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 Le Trait
Is Le Trait safe?
It has more crime per resident than 74% of compared French towns: an average of 11.7 recorded violent incidents and 15.9 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, #40 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Among the 1,552 French towns of 3,300 to 6,400 people, it is 1,336th from the lowest rate. With 4,000 jobs for 1,800 working residents, Le Trait draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is crime going up in Le Trait?
The recorded rate in the graded categories fell 30% from 2023 to 2025: 35.2 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 24.8 in 2025. In a town this size a few dozen cases move the figure, so the grade uses the three-year average.
What is the most common recorded offense in Le Trait?
Criminal damage: 30 in 2025. Then family violence (29), other physical violence (25) and theft without violence (22).
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.