Overall, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre earns a C, which places it #25 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. That leaves it better than 27% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 76% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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 · 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 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre 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.
Ancien hospice de Bicêtre: Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
For walkability, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre ranks above 100% of compared French towns
76%walk, cycle or take transit
12.9% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Val-de-Marne’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 14,450 jobs are based in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, for 11,500 working residents (1.3 per worker). No commute at all: 3.3% of working residents here at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Public transport59%
Driving18%
On foot11%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter3%
14,450
jobs based in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 1.3 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,250
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−
A home in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre sells for €5,625/m², more than in Val-de-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
€5,625/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €24.58/m² a month, above Val-de-Marne’s towns (€20.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses accounted for 5% of sales, apartments for the rest. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €22.56/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre€5,625/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Val-de-Marne median€4,010/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Apartments
€5,600/m²
521
€24.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€20.02 to €30.16/m² a month)
14
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€22.56/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
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre than in 83% of compared French towns
10.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
The graded crime recorded most in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre was criminal damage (2025). All told, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre had 643 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.3 cases of violence against people and 20.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage162
Theft from vehicles126
Other physical violence105
Family violence98
Vehicle theft67
Burglary52
Sexual violence33
Theft without violence557
Fraud206
Drug use92
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.
10.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
643
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre is a graduates’ town: 51% hold a degree, more than in Val-de-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
36.9median age
Children under 15 make up 14%, below Val-de-Marne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 16% of the population. The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents.
Le Kremlin-BicêtreVal-de-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
16%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP14%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education51%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
HealthHealth B+
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 74% of compared French towns
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre records 79 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,653 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,428, 14% fewer. Women in Val-de-Marne live to 86.7 on average and men to 82.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the town has 17 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
17
GPs in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghu Ap Hp Universite Paris Saclay site Kremlin Bicetre
0.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghu Ap Hp Universite Paris Saclay site Kremlin Bicetre
86.7 · 82.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Val-de-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre is Ancien hospice de Bicêtre. Homes from before 1919 make up 3.9% of the total, above Val-de-Marne’s towns (3.5%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Mony Dalmès: Heures claires des femmes françaises, Public domain
About Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre is a commune of 24,110 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
Population
24,110 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole du Grand Paris
Département
Val-de-Marne (94)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
0.6 sq mi (1.5 km²)
INSEE code
94043
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre’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 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Is Le Kremlin-Bicêtre safe?
It grades C− for safety, #39 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 52 burglaries and 162 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre good?
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #2 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 86% of 357 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Darius Milhaud in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Kremlin-Bicêtre expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Kremlin-Bicêtre 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.
