Safety lags (C−): an average of 13.2 recorded violent incidents and 15.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,076/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Yvetot Normandie. Its strongest subject is walkability — 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, better than 23% of compared French towns. That places it #42 of 70 in Seine-Maritime.
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 Yvetot 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 Yvetot.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Yvetot gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in both Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns: 25.4% of commuters
12.9% of the labour force were unemployed, near Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). For its 4,450 residents in work, Yvetot has 7,050 jobs: 1.6 each. Public transport took nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot13%
Public transport9%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
7,050
jobs based in Yvetot, 1.6 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,210
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 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Yvetot sees more crime per resident than 78% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 332 offenses in Yvetot in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Yvetot (2025).
13.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage127
Family violence54
Sexual violence42
Other physical violence41
Theft from vehicles26
Burglary23
Vehicle theft19
Drug use116
Fraud72
Theft without violence68
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.
13.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
332
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Yvetot’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Yvetot can choose among 24 GPs. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, close to Seine-Maritime’s towns (94) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,553 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,923, 24% more. The nearest emergency department to Yvetot is Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine, 11.8 mi away.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
24
GPs in Yvetot · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Lillebonne Chi Caux Vallee de Seine
11.8 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Yvetot, fewer than in both Seine-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 26% of residents. Degrees are held by 24% of adults, higher than Seine-Maritime’s towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). At 46.6, the median resident of Yvetot sits in the middle of the age range.
46.6median age
YvetotSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 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
History
Yvetot: 3 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Yvetot: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Manoir du Fay. The protected list starts in the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Yvetot is graded a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,076/m², comes from 468 sales of houses and apartments in Yvetot from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses sell for €2,121/m² here, apartments for €2,000/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.65/m² a month.
€2,076/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Yvetot€2,076/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-Maritime median€1,992/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,121/m²
272
Apartments
€2,000/m²
196
€11.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.46 to €14.70/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Yvetot Normandie
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Yvetot’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 Yvetot
Is Yvetot safe?
It grades C− for safety, #44 of 70 in Seine-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 127 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Yvetot good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #38 of 75 in Seine-Maritime. 99% of 110 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Jean XXIII in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Yvetot expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,076/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.79/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Yvetot grades B− for cost of living.
About Yvetot
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Yvetot is a commune of 11,438 people in the Communauté de communes Yvetot 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.
