Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 16.2 recorded violent incidents and 39.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It lags on cost of living as well (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at D, #59 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. That leaves it better than 11% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and B− for health.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Rouen 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 Rouen.
Safety
Rouen ranks above 99% of compared French towns for crime per resident
On the Safety Grade, Rouen ranks 69th of the 70 compared towns in Seine-Maritime. Police and gendarmerie figures for Rouen show 5,851 offenses in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Rouen (90,450 to 50,550): it draws people in from around. More of the graded crimes locally were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025).
16.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles1,671
Criminal damage1,510
Other physical violence986
Family violence525
Sexual violence460
Burglary350
Vehicle theft313
Armed robbery36
Theft without violence2,955
Drug use1,756
Fraud1,161
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.
16.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
39.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5,851
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
51.5% of commuters in Rouen go to work without a car, more than in Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,060 a year. Unemployment stood at 15.0%, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Rouen didn’t travel to work at all.
51%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving44%
Public transport29%
On foot17%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
90,450
jobs based in Rouen, 1.8 per working resident
15.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,060
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 almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1964, and 234 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, above both Seine-Maritime’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Since 1964, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Relative to its size, Rouen keeps 20 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments locally is Ancienne église Saint-Paul.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Rouen hold a degree than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 45%
One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up 23% of the town, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents.
31.6median age
RouenSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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 C−
A home in Rouen sells for €2,690/m², more than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Rouen, houses go for €2,769/m² and apartments for €2,672/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.28/m² a month, higher than both Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 6,232 homes were sold in the town.
€2,690/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rouen€2,690/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,769/m²
988
Apartments
€2,672/m²
5,244
€13.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.58 to €16.65/m² a month)
7.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole Rouen Normandie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
88.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the 27 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #25 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Near Rouen, 92.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Seine-Maritime’s towns (91.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the 15 general lycées, 95% of 3,313 candidates passed the bac, 1.3 points below the expected rate.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
More deaths than expected: Rouen is above 53% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Rouen has 159 family doctors. Its 16 care homes for older people (1,423 places) count their residents as Rouen’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. 8,949 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 8,484: 5% above. 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.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
159
GPs in Rouen · 5.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Charles Nicolle Chu Rouen
0.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Charles Nicolle Chu Rouen
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ancienne église Saint-Paul: Photo: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Palais de Justice: Photo: Parsifall · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ensemble archiépiscopal: Photo: Giogo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour dite de Jeanne d'Arc ou ancien donjon du château de Philippe-Auguste: Photo: Edhral / Edhral · CC BY-SA 2.0
Gustave Flaubert: Nadar, Public domain · Pierre Corneille: After Charles Le Brun, Public domain · Édouard IV: anonymous, Public domain · Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle: Nicolas de Largillière, Public domain · Maurice Leblanc: Unknown author Unknown author (Service international photographique / SIPHO S.A.), Public domain · Pierre Gasly: nabtifal, CC BY 2.0
Rouen’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rouen
Is Rouen safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 350 burglaries and 1,510 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rouen good?
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #25 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. 96% of 218 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Camille Saint-Saens in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rouen expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Rouen grades C− for cost of living.
About Rouen
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Rouen is a commune of 117,662 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.
