Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety lags: an average of 10.2 recorded violent incidents and 16.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest subject is walkability: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 62% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also does well on health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at C−, #29 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. Set against the rest, it does better than nearly a fifth of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Créteil 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 Créteil.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
On foot, Créteil works better than 99% of compared French towns
Per resident in work, Créteil counts 1.5 jobs (60,000 jobs, 40,850 workers). Unemployment stood at 13.4%, higher than both Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €23,720 a year per consumption unit.
62%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport52%
Driving34%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
60,000
jobs based in Créteil, 1.5 per working resident
13.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,720
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 almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Créteil sell for €3,654/m² at the median, against €4,010/m² in Val-de-Marne’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €21.03/m² a month, near Val-de-Marne’s towns (€20.46/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses sell for €5,492/m² in Créteil, apartments for €3,531/m². Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 1,701 homes locally.
€3,654/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Créteil€3,654/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-de-Marne median€4,010/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,492/m²
174
Apartments
€3,531/m²
1,527
€21.03/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€15.39 to €28.74/m² a month)
9.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€18.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole du Grand Paris
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A young town: 15% of people in Créteil are 15 to 24, more than in both Val-de-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
15% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 19%, close to Val-de-Marne’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 41% have a degree.
35.5median age
CréteilVal-de-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education41%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Per resident, Créteil sees more crime than 71% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 2,213 offenses in Créteil. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
10.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage727
Other physical violence378
Family violence365
Theft from vehicles225
Vehicle theft189
Sexual violence171
Burglary149
Armed robbery9
Theft without violence1,707
Fraud587
Drug use494
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.
10.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
2,213
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
85.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the 44 collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Créteil, 90.0% passed the bac, close to Val-de-Marne’s towns (91.1%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #22 of 47 in Val-de-Marne.
93%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Créteil run lower than in 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
72 GPs practise in Créteil. Adjusted mortality in the town: 82 deaths for every 100 expected. 5,114 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 5,728: 11% below. Life expectancy at birth in Val-de-Marne is 86.7 years for women and 82.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
72
GPs in Créteil · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Creteil
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de Creteil
86.7 · 82.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-de-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
2 historic monuments in Créteil, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.3% of the total, below Val-de-Marne’s towns (3.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Dan-Axel Zagadou: Jeollo von VfB-exklusiv.de, CC BY 4.0 · Mohamed Diamé: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Christopher Samba: Рыбакова Елена, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nedim Remili: Wenflou, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sheila: Erio TAC France- Perpignan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pierre Trentin: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Créteil’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 Créteil
Is Créteil safe?
It grades C for safety, #27 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 149 burglaries and 727 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Créteil good?
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #22 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. The lycée stands out: 94% of 266 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 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 Créteil expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Créteil grades D− for cost of living.
About Créteil
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Créteil is a commune of 93,397 people in the Métropole du Grand Paris. 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.
