Ham grades D overall: better than 14% of compared French towns, and #20 of 24 in Somme. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 20.4 recorded violent incidents and 23.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Ham 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 Ham.
Safety
Ham records more crime per resident than 97% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 174 offenses in the graded categories in Ham in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Ham ranks 23rd of the 24 compared towns in Somme. For theft from vehicles, 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, 0.6% of the index here.
20.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage52
Other physical violence38
Sexual violence28
Family violence25
Burglary17
Vehicle theft14
Armed robbery0
Drug use62
Theft without violence22
Fraud15
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.
20.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
174
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.6%
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
HealthHealth D
Ham’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 90% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Ham’s deaths ran at 108 per 100 expected, close to Somme’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 783 residents of Ham died, against 578 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw136
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Ham · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chauny
10.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Chauny
84 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Somme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A home in Ham sells for €1,015/m², less than in Somme’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Ham, that is below both Somme’s towns (€1,799/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Ham is the cheapest of the 24 towns in Somme: its median sale is €1,015/m².
€1,015/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ham€1,015/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Somme median€1,799/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,021/m²
144
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.72 to €11.63/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.52/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Est de la Somme
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Ham are out of work than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: 23.5%
Ham sits above both Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Ham has 2,350 jobs for 1,300 working residents, 1.8 per worker. The median disposable income is €19,330 a year per consumption unit.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot13%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,350
jobs based in Ham, 1.8 per working resident
23.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 83% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
83.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 3.4 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Ham, 68.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Somme’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #23 of 24 in Somme.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ham: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). 4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Église Notre-Dame et la crypte: Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines du château: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author ou non renseigné · Public domain
Jean-Charles Peltier: Unknown XIX century artist, Public domain · Antoinette de Bourbon: Léonard Limousin, Public domain · Maximilien Sébastien Foy: Pierre-Roch Vigneron, Public domain · Jean-Joseph Vadé: Étienne Ficquet / After Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non, Public domain · Marie Surcouf: PLamy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maximilien Sébastien Auguste Foy: Augustine Cochet de Saint-Omer, Public domain
Ham’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 Ham
Is Ham safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ham good?
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ham expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.48/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ham grades A− for cost of living.
About Ham
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Ham is a commune of 4,378 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Est de la 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.
