Abbeville’s overall grade, D, puts it better than 8% of compared French towns. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 16.6 recorded violent incidents and 23.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is a weak point (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,640/m² takes 4.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme. Fewer journeys need a car: 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Abbeville 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 Abbeville.
Safety
Crime per resident in Abbeville runs higher than in 95% of compared French towns
916 offenses were reported in Abbeville during 2025. With 15,100 jobs for 7,500 working residents, Abbeville draws people in from neighbouring communes. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
16.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage411
Family violence185
Other physical violence129
Sexual violence75
Burglary43
Vehicle theft39
Theft from vehicles34
Theft without violence180
Drug use137
Fraud125
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.
16.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
916
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
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 · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.1% of the index here. 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−
Abbeville has higher unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 20.5%
Half of residents lived on more than €21,380 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Somme’s towns (€22,835) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Abbeville didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 5.5% of working residents in Abbeville to work at the census.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot15%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
15,100
jobs based in Abbeville, 2 per working resident
20.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,380
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 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Abbeville than in Somme or compared French towns: 13 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2025. Abbeville has 30 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 8 classé, the highest protection, and 22 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Carrière Carpentier. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C−
Abbeville has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Abbeville’s deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, close to Somme’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,562 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 3,163, 23% more. Average lifespans in Somme: 84 years for women, 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Abbeville can choose among 28 GPs.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
28
GPs in Abbeville · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Abbeville
0.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Abbeville
84 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Somme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
84.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 1.9 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #22 of 24 in Somme. The bac pass rate near Abbeville is 93.8%, near both Somme’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 15% of Abbeville, fewer than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 20% of adults. People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, near Somme’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Abbeville in two is 47.1.
47.1median age
AbbevilleSomme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Homes in Abbeville cost less than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,640/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Abbeville, houses go for €1,614/m² and apartments for €1,689/m². Of the homes sold, 71% were houses. The town recorded 741 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,640/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Abbeville€1,640/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Somme median€1,799/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,614/m²
525
Apartments
€1,689/m²
216
€11.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.46 to €13.72/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,410
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme
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Abbeville’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 Abbeville
Is Abbeville safe?
It grades D for safety, #18 of 24 in Somme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 43 burglaries and 411 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Abbeville good?
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #22 of 24 in Somme. 98% of 89 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Pierre in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Abbeville expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.39/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Abbeville grades B− for cost of living.
About Abbeville
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Abbeville is a commune of 22,395 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme. 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.
