Photo: Scanné par Claude Shoshany · Public domainCrime per resident in Pantin runs higher than in 95% of compared French towns
Behind the grade sit 10.4 violent crimes and 28.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle theft and damage per 1,000 people a year. Police and gendarmerie recorded 288 cases of drug dealing in Pantin in 2025, a rate of 4.7 per 1,000 against a typical 1.3. On offenses police and gendarmerie recorded locally from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety: #33 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. The crimes the grade counts fell 14% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
Offenses recorded per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average (INSEE population of each year). Violence, and burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage, count equally.
What stands out about safety in Pantin
Burglary fell sharply
Police and gendarmerie recorded 285 cases of burglary in Pantin in 2023 and 174 in 2025. The grade averages the three years. Year by year ↓
Among towns its size
Among the 131 French towns of 43,400 to 83,600 people with a Safety Grade, Pantin is 104th from the lowest recorded rate per resident. Towns its size ↓
Written from the SSMSI and INSEE data on this page. Figures are offenses police and gendarmerie recorded, not convictions.
Inside Pantin’s D for safety
A firm grade. Built on 7,288 offenses recorded in the graded categories over three years; with a town of 61,929, a few cases more or fewer would not change the grade: D.
Hidden counts: every graded count is published for Pantin.
Per resident, against the 4,295 compared French towns with a Safety Grade.
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Well above the median of towns its size: drug dealing (4.7 per 1,000 against 1.3), robbery without a weapon (3.2 per 1,000 against 1.1) and theft from vehicles (8.7 per 1,000 against 4.3).
Theft without violence, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts, fraud and drug offenses 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.
Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 50,000 or more.
104th of 131: Pantin among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Tampon Réunion | 82,579 | 10.5 | 6.9 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Noisy-le-Grand Seine-Saint-Denis | 72,978 | 9.8 | 14.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 51 | Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 52,833 | 12.1 | 17.1 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 53 | Drancy Seine-Saint-Denis | 72,390 | 10.5 | 19 | C− |
| 54 | Le Blanc-Mesnil Seine-Saint-Denis | 62,376 | 11.8 | 17.8 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 101 | Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne | 54,471 | 15.6 | 22.7 | D |
| 102 | Marseille 10e Bouches-du-Rhône | 60,317 | 9.6 | 29.1 | D |
| 103 | Charleville-Mézières Ardennes | 45,560 | 16.3 | 22.6 | D |
| 104 | Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis | 61,929 | 10.4 | 28.9 | D |
| 105 | Valence Drôme | 64,458 | 13.6 | 25.6 | D |
| 106 | Marseille 11e Bouches-du-Rhône | 59,883 | 8.7 | 31.3 | D |
| 107 | Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône | 48,298 | 10.2 | 30.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 131 | Marseille 3e Bouches-du-Rhône | 58,029 | 15.1 | 41 | D− |
Per 1,000 residents a year. Context only: the grade compares Pantin with every compared French town, not just towns its size.
Lowest rate in the graded categories first, 2023–2025 average, with the closest to Pantin and up to four from Seine-Saint-Denis.
Pantin, year by year
Violence · per 1,000 residents
Burglary, vehicle theft, damage · per 1,000 residents
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | 243 | 230 | 220 |
| Other physical violence | Violence | 279 | 306 | 318 |
| Sexual violence | Violence | 94 | 100 | 101 |
| Armed robbery | Violence | 18 | 7 | 10 |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 285 | 253 | 174 |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 196 | 184 | 148 |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 670 | 777 | 537 |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 763 | 685 | 690 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 1,658 | 1,624 | 1,670 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | 220 | 206 | 196 |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | 58 | 56 | 46 |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 723 | 451 | 456 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | 270 | 440 | 378 |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | 193 | 218 | 288 |
Counts mix units, as SSMSI publishes them: victims for violence, offenses for burglary and damage, vehicles for vehicle theft. That’s why the page never adds them into one “total crimes”.
Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).
Crime in Pantin per 1,000 residents
Each dot is one resident’s share: offenses are counted, not victims, and one person can be the victim of several.
And 29 burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage, and 35 thefts without violence and frauds: a year, 2023–2025 average.
Pantin and the towns around it
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pantin | 61,929 | 10.4 | 28.9 | D |
| Le Pré-Saint-Gervais | 16,993 | 9.4 | 22.4 | C− |
| Les Lilas | 23,843 | 7.9 | 18.8 | C |
| Paris 19e Paris | 178,691 | 11.9 | 22.8 | D |
| Aubervilliers | 88,365 | 13 | 32.1 | D− |
| Romainville | 37,152 | 8 | 21.1 | C− |
| Bobigny | 56,927 | 16 | 25.4 | D− |
4 of its 6 graded neighbors have a lower recorded rate in the graded categories than Pantin.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where offenses happen, not where victims live. SSMSI counts each offense in the commune where police or gendarmerie recorded it happening. Towns with shops, stations, a hospital or nightlife record more per resident, and visitors are part of that count but not of the population it is divided by.
- An index, not a total. The kinds are counted in different units (victims, offenses, vehicles), so the grade adds their rates per 1,000 residents into an index and never shows a “total crimes” or a chance of being a victim.
- Hidden counts. SSMSI doesn’t publish a commune’s count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years). In its place it gives the average among the département’s communes whose count is hidden; the grade uses that average, never zero, and a town gets no Safety Grade when over a quarter of its index would come from such averages.
- Recorded, not all crime. Only offenses reported to or found by police and gendarmerie are counted. Reporting rates differ by kind: most vehicle thefts are reported, much family and sexual violence isn’t.
Questions about safety in Pantin
Is Pantin safe?
It has more crime per resident than 95% of compared French towns: an average of 10.4 recorded violent incidents and 28.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades D for safety, #33 of 39 in Seine-Saint-Denis. Among the 131 French towns of 43,400 to 83,600 people, it is 104th from the lowest rate.
Is crime going up in Pantin?
The recorded rate in the graded categories fell 14% from 2023 to 2025: 41.1 per 1,000 residents in 2023, 35.5 in 2025. The grade uses the three-year average, so one unusual year moves it less.
What is the most common recorded offense in Pantin?
Theft without violence: 1,670 in 2025, shown for information, not in the grade. Then criminal damage (690), theft from vehicles (537) and fraud (456).
Sources: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 (base communale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2026 edition) · INSEE, legal populations for each year · INSEE, census 2023 (jobs and working residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 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.