Crime is the sore point (D): an average of 18.5 recorded violent incidents and 18.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,657/m² takes 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Communauté Bray-Eawy. Its strongest subject is walkability (A) — 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, ranking #40 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. It comes out better than nearly a quarter of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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 Neufchâtel-en-Bray 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 Neufchâtel-en-Bray.
Safety
Crime per resident in Neufchâtel-en-Bray runs higher than in 93% of compared French towns
With 3,350 jobs for 1,450 working residents, Neufchâtel-en-Bray draws people in from neighbouring communes. In 2025, 169 offenses were recorded here. Police and gendarmerie recorded 169 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
18.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage57
Family violence36
Other physical violence36
Sexual violence22
Burglary10
Theft from vehicles8
Theft without violence34
Fraud18
Drug use16
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.
18.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
169
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.6%
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 · For armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 0.6% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Neufchâtel-en-Bray has higher unemployment than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 16.3%
Median disposable income comes to €21,920 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 2.4% of working residents in Neufchâtel-en-Bray to work at the census.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
On foot19%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
3,350
jobs based in Neufchâtel-en-Bray, 2.4 per working resident
16.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,920
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 34% of people in Neufchâtel-en-Bray are 65 or over, more than in Seine-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
Aged 15 to 24: 12% of residents. 13% are under 15, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 14% have a degree.
51.7median age
Neufchâtel-en-BraySeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma40%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Neufchâtel-en-Bray is 20.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Neufchâtel-en-Bray come to 95 per 100 predicted. This Seine-Maritime town has 45 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Seine-Maritime is 84.7 years for women and 78.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 869 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,042, 20% more.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
45
GPs in Neufchâtel-en-Bray · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Dieppe
20.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Dieppe
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Neufchâtel-en-Bray than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.25/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,657/m²: 165 houses and apartments sold in Neufchâtel-en-Bray between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 82% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,657/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Neufchâtel-en-Bray€1,657/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,670/m²
136
€10.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.23 to €12.76/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Communauté Bray-Eawy
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #34 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. The bac pass rate near Neufchâtel-en-Bray is 91.7%, near both Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the general lycée, 94% of 206 candidates passed the bac, 2 points below the expected rate.
94%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Neufchâtel-en-Bray: 1 historic monument, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, near Seine-Maritime’s towns (9.3%) and higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Is Neufchâtel-en-Bray safe?
It grades D for safety, #66 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 57 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Neufchâtel-en-Bray good?
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns and #34 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Neufchâtel-en-Bray expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,657/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Neufchâtel-en-Bray grades B+ for cost of living.
About Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Neufchâtel-en-Bray is a commune of 4,662 people in the Communauté de communes Communauté Bray-Eawy. 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.
