Several subjects drag its grade down. Fewer journeys need a car (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 50% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,348/m² takes 7.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France. Put together, the subjects come to a D− overall, ranking #67 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. Set against the rest, it does behind almost every compared French town. Schools are weaker too (D): bac results 0.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 0.8 points above the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Villiers-le-Bel 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.
Église Saint-Eterne (ancienne) ou église Saint-Didier: Photo: Scanné par Claude_villetaneuse · Public domain · Puits gallo-romain: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villiers-le-Bel.
Who lives here
A town of families: 26% of people in Villiers-le-Bel are under 15, more than in both Val-d'Oise’s towns and compared French towns
32.3median age
14% of residents are 15 to 24, above Val-d'Oise’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 10% of the population. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.
Villiers-le-BelVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma36%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Villiers-le-Bel are out of work than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: 19.3%
50%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €17,750 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 1.9% of working residents in Villiers-le-Bel didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving47%
Public transport45%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
5,300
jobs based in Villiers-le-Bel, 0.5 per working resident
19.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€17,750
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 almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Villiers-le-Bel than in Val-d'Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 74.7%
85%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 6 vocational lycées within 5 km, 76% of 908 candidates passed the bac pro. The bac pass rate near Villiers-le-Bel is 82.7%, below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #60 of 76 in Val-d'Oise on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Villiers-le-Bel sell for €2,348/m² at the median, against €3,266/m² in Val-d'Oise’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
€2,348/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.58/m² a month, near Val-d'Oise’s towns (€18.09/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Only one of the 76 towns in Val-d'Oise costs less to buy into than Villiers-le-Bel, whose median sale is €2,348/m². The split locally: €2,944/m² for houses, €2,150/m² for apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villiers-le-Bel€2,348/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-d'Oise median€3,266/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,944/m²
133
Apartments
€2,150/m²
270
€18.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.02 to €22.98/m² a month)
7.3
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
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Villiers-le-Bel than in 82% of compared French towns
12.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Police and gendarmerie recorded 904 offenses in Villiers-le-Bel in 2025. Violence against people ran at 12.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 18.1 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage310
Family violence206
Other physical violence133
Vehicle theft92
Theft from vehicles59
Sexual violence50
Burglary47
Armed robbery7
Drug use224
Theft without violence210
Fraud172
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.
12.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
904
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Villiers-le-Bel, 93 per 100, but more than in both Val-d'Oise’s towns and compared French towns
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Val-d'Oise, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,673 residents of Villiers-le-Bel died, against 1,407 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. For a family doctor, residents of Villiers-le-Bel can choose among 20 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Villiers-le-Bel · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Nord Parisien
1.9 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 protected list starts in Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Villiers-le-Bel is Puits gallo-romain. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Homes from before 1919 make up 1.1% of the total, below Val-d'Oise’s towns (4.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Marie-Laure Delie: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yoann Salmier: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nicolas Bazin: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Villiers-le-Bel
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Villiers-le-Bel is a commune of 30,053 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
Population
30,053 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France
Département
Val-d'Oise (95)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
INSEE code
95680
Villiers-le-Bel’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 Villiers-le-Bel
Is Villiers-le-Bel safe?
It grades C− for safety, #59 of 73 in Val-d'Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 47 burglaries and 310 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Villiers-le-Bel good?
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #60 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. The lycée stands out: 100% of 73 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé ORT in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Villiers-le-Bel expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Villiers-le-Bel grades D for cost of living.
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.
