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With 50,595 residents, it is a town in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
More weak spots than strong ones. Where it falls short is safety — an average of 14.2 recorded violent incidents and 30.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 17.9% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €3,110/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole du Grand Paris. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 57% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a D− overall, better than 2% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #36 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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 Bondy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Bondy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bondy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame (oeuvre d'Auguste Perret), in Le Raincy, 1.4 mi away.
1.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Bondy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bondy.
Unemployment stood at 17.9%, higher than both Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 57.4% of commuters got to work without a car. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €19,420 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On the Safety Grade, Bondy ranks 37th of the 39 compared towns in Seine-Saint-Denis. Over 2025, Bondy logged 2,357 recorded offenses. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,489/m² in Bondy, apartments for €2,895/m². The estimated advertised rent is €19.52/m² a month, close to Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (€19.44/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €17.73/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,489/m² | 374 |
| Apartments | €2,895/m² | 558 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are just over a fifth of the town. People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, between Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (13%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Saint-Denis 51.1%, France 51.8%.
| Bondy | Seine-Saint-Denis median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 22% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 29% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 23% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 13% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 17% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Saint-Denis median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Bondy, 89.0% passed the bac, about level with Seine-Saint-Denis’ towns (89.0%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #20 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BrossoletteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 80%+8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Assomption PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 103 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Paul Le RollandBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 56 | 86%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its three care homes for older people (369 places) count their residents as Bondy’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected. 3,469 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 3,276: 6% above. Average lifespans in Seine-Saint-Denis: 85.7 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 51 general practitioners here.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Bondy. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'Histoire vivante4.1 km south, in Montreuil
MuseumMémorial de la Shoah à Drancy3 km northwest, in Drancy
MuseumRosny-Rail3.5 km south, in Rosny-sous-BoisFortFortFort de Rosny3.6 km south, in Rosny-sous-BoisGardenGardenMurs à pêches4.7 km southwest, in MontreuilPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
72 notable people were born in Bondy.
Jonathan Ikoné: 34 super héros, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Élodie Fontan: Clem.arti, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Serge Gakpé: PAD666, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Walide Khyar: Rochdimed, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Joris Gnagnon: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kevin Lafrance: warrenfish, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Bondy is a commune of 50,595 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bondy | 50,595 | — | D− | D | D− | C+ |
| Les Pavillons-sous-Bois | 25,804 | 1.1 | D− | D | D | C+ |
| Noisy-le-Sec | 45,510 | 1.4 | D− | D | D− | C+ |
| Le Raincy | 14,735 | 1.6 | C | D− | D | B+ |
| Villemomble | 29,795 | 1.6 | D | D− | D | B− |
| Bobigny | 56,927 | 1.8 | D− | D | D− | C− |
| Rosny-sous-Bois | 47,180 | 2 | D | D− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety, #37 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 235 burglaries and 715 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #20 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. The lycée stands out: 99% of 103 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Assomption in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bondy grades D for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.