Good on most counts; one lags. Its best grade is for safety (A+): an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €2,052/m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Falaises du Talou. Most journeys need a car: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of #7 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. Set against the rest, it does better than 84% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Petit-Caux 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 Petit-Caux.
Safety
Petit-Caux records less crime per resident than 96% of compared French towns
In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in Petit-Caux. For 2025, the figures show 131 offenses in the town.
5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence46
Criminal damage37
Burglary20
Sexual violence9
Vehicle theft8
Other physical violence6
Theft from vehicles5
Fraud40
Theft without violence14
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.
5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
131
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.1%
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, 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, 2.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Petit-Caux are out of work than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.9%
Petit-Caux has 2,650 jobs for 4,300 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income was €26,050 a year per consumption unit, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.1% of working residents in Petit-Caux went to work by public transport.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
2,650
jobs based in Petit-Caux, 0.6 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Petit-Caux, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Petit-Caux is Château de Wargemont. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century. Before 1919: that is when nearly one in ten homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Petit-Caux are under 15, more than in Seine-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Among adults, 26% have a degree.
43.8median age
Petit-CauxSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Allowing for age and care homes, Petit-Caux sees 86 deaths per 100 expected, against 94 in Seine-Maritime’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 751 residents of Petit-Caux died, against 767 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Petit-Caux is Ch Dieppe, 7 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Petit-Caux can choose among 3 GPs. 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.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Petit-Caux · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Dieppe
6.9 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 Petit-Caux than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.60/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,052/m²: 278 houses and apartments sold in Petit-Caux between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,052/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Petit-Caux€2,052/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,042/m²
274
€10.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.37 to €13.42/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Falaises du Talou
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Petit-Caux
Is Petit-Caux safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #4 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
Is Petit-Caux expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,052/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Petit-Caux grades B− for cost of living.
About Petit-Caux
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Petit-Caux is a commune of 9,513 people in the Communauté de communes Falaises du Talou. 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.
