Strong in places, weak in others. Its best grade is for safety — an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €1,741/m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Caux Seine Agglo. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #20 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. It comes out better than 57% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Terres-de-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.
Manoir dit de Vertot: Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Terres-de-Caux.
Safety
Crime per resident in Terres-de-Caux runs lower than in 98% of compared French towns
4.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
The graded crime recorded most in Terres-de-Caux was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 49 offenses were recorded locally. On the Safety Grade, Terres-de-Caux ranks 3rd of the 70 compared towns in Seine-Maritime.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Family violence15
Sexual violence5
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
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.
4.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
49
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.7%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.7% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
Schools around Terres-de-Caux do less well than those of 89% of compared French towns
83.0%passed the brevetDSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Terres-de-Caux, about level with Seine-Maritime’s towns (84.0%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 7.5 mi away. School results put the town #64 of 75 in Seine-Maritime.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Terres-de-Caux’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 68% of compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Terres-de-Caux: 94 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 605 residents of Terres-de-Caux died, against 466 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more. The nearest emergency department to Terres-de-Caux is Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine, 9.4 mi away. The town has 4 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Terres-de-Caux · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Terres-de-Caux keeps more of its old housing than Seine-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Terres-de-Caux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Terres-de-Caux gets a B for cost of living
€1,741/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.16/m² a month, below Seine-Maritime’s towns (€11.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. 126 sales of houses and apartments in Terres-de-Caux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,741/m². Houses were 91% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Terres-de-Caux€1,741/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,768/m²
115
€11.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.16 to €13.61/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Caux Seine Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer people in Terres-de-Caux are out of work than in Seine-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.6%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs based in Terres-de-Caux number 1,350, against 1,900 residents in work (0.7 per worker). 7.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €25,800 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Seine-Maritime’s towns (€24,015).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,350
jobs based in Terres-de-Caux, 0.7 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Terres-de-Caux are under 15, more than in both Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
41.9median age
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, between Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Ages in Terres-de-Caux split evenly at 41.9: half are older, half younger. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 11% of residents.
Terres-de-CauxSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Terres-de-Caux is a commune of 4,245 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Caux Seine Agglo. 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
Population
4,245 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Caux Seine Agglo
Département
Seine-Maritime (76)
Région
Normandy
Area
14.8 sq mi (38.3 km²)
INSEE code
76258
Terres-de-Caux’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 Terres-de-Caux
Is Terres-de-Caux safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #3 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Terres-de-Caux good?
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #64 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Terres-de-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 €1,741/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Terres-de-Caux grades B for cost of living.
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.
