Sarcelles grades D− overall: behind almost every compared French town, and #70 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 18.8% unemployment. At the median price of €2,081/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 58% 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 Sarcelles 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Sarcelles runs higher than in 86% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 1,953 offenses in the graded categories in Sarcelles in 2025. Violence against people ran at 12.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 19.8 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in Sarcelles, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
12.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage624
Family violence372
Other physical violence323
Vehicle theft209
Theft from vehicles189
Sexual violence123
Burglary98
Armed robbery15
Theft without violence1,115
Drug use457
Fraud350
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.
12.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,953
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 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
HousingCost of living C−
Sarcelles gets a C− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €18.04/m² a month, close to Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sarcelles is the cheapest of the 76 towns in Val-d'Oise: its median sale is €2,081/m². The median price, €2,081/m², comes from 740 sales of houses and apartments in Sarcelles from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,081/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sarcelles€2,081/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,130/m²
175
Apartments
€1,940/m²
565
€18.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.10 to €24.86/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€17.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Sarcelles’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 82% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Sarcelles records 102 deaths per 100 expected, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 3,760 residents of Sarcelles died, against 3,388 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
38
GPs in Sarcelles · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Nord Parisien
0.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Nord Parisien
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 2 historic monuments in Sarcelles: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). 1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wissam Ben Yedder: Bigmatbasket, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mathys Tel: Zack Nani, CC BY 3.0 · Sarah-Léonie Cysique: Sport en France, CC BY 3.0 · Dimitri Foulquier: Catherine Kõrtsmik from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY 2.0 · Steeve Yago: Effathéophile105, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Younousse Sankharé: PSGMAG.NET from Paris, CC BY 2.0
Sarcelles’ 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 Sarcelles
Is Sarcelles safe?
It grades D for safety, #65 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 98 burglaries and 624 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sarcelles good?
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #57 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. The lycée stands out: 99% of 180 candidates passed the bac at Lycée La Salle - Saint-Rosaire in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sarcelles expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,081/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,130/m² (175 sales), apartments €1,940/m² (565 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sarcelles grades C− for cost of living.
About Sarcelles
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Sarcelles is a commune of 59,173 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France. 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.
