Bezons grades D overall: better than 9% of compared French towns, and #54 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 60% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Bezons 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Bezons gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 59.6% of commuters
On this, Bezons is above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €23,780 a year per consumption unit. Bezons has 13,600 jobs for 16,650 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
60%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport51%
Driving36%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle3%
13,600
jobs based in Bezons, 0.8 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 98% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Bezons costs more than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €19.70/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Bezons comes above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €4,034/m², comes from 788 sales of houses and apartments in Bezons from July 2023 to June 2026. In Bezons, houses go for €4,441/m² and apartments for €3,841/m².
€4,034/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bezons€4,034/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,441/m²
294
Apartments
€3,841/m²
494
€19.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€16.09 to €24.12/m² a month)
8.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€34,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saint Germain Boucles de Seine
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Bezons runs higher than in 84% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 1,111 offenses in the graded categories in Bezons in 2025. Violence against people ran at 9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 22.6 (2023–2025 average). 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.
9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage419
Family violence172
Vehicle theft141
Other physical violence134
Theft from vehicles110
Burglary87
Sexual violence48
Drug use416
Theft without violence318
Fraud240
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.
9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,111
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
HealthHealth B+
Bezons’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 68% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,681 residents of Bezons died, against 1,880 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (144 places) count their residents as Bezons’; allowing for them, deaths were 18% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Bezons · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghu Aphp Nord Universite Paris Cite site Louis Mourier
1.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghu Aphp Nord Universite Paris Cite site Louis Mourier
85.9 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-d'Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bezons, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Antoine Bonifaci: Panini, Public domain · Maurice Delbez: Mouchette89, CC BY-SA 4.0 · René Foucachon: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yassine Bouzrou: Paul Green, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bezons’ 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 Bezons
Is Bezons safe?
It grades C− for safety, #62 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 87 burglaries and 419 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bezons good?
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #21 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 91% of 134 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Paulette Nardal in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bezons expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,034/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bezons grades D for cost of living.
About Bezons
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Bezons is a commune of 36,434 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint Germain Boucles de Seine. 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
Population
36,434 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saint Germain Boucles de Seine
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.
