Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
11,647 people call this town in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France home.
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. School results trail most towns: bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.2 points below the expected rate. Its strongest subject is walkability: 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add jobs & income to its strengths: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. The overall grade lands at C, #23 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. It comes out better than 32% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B− for health.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Villecresnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villecresnes 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.
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Villecresnes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Villecresnes. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Robert-Dubois-Corneau3 km southwest, in Brunoy
ChâteauChâteau de la Grange2.8 km northwest, in YerresChâteauChâteauChâteau de Grosbois1.8 km north, in Boissy-Saint-LégerAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Gercy4 km south, in Varennes-JarcyAttractionAttractionObélisque de Brunoy4.9 km southwest, in BrunoyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villecresnes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
336 sales of houses and apartments in Villecresnes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,658/m². Houses were 65% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,662/m² | 218 |
| Apartments | €3,650/m² | 118 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The jobless rate is 7.8%. At the census, 27.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, between Val-de-Marne’s towns (55.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 5 vocational lycées within 5 km, 80% of 457 candidates passed the bac pro. 83.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Villecresnes, below Val-de-Marne’s towns (85.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. Ranked by results, schools here are #35 of 47 in Val-de-Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la GuinetteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée Maurice EliotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 193 | 88%−4 pts |
| Collège Blaise CendrarsBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 71 | 86%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
12% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with Val-de-Marne’s towns (13%) and above compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 19% of residents are 65 or older. Graduates make up two in five adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Villecresnes | Val-de-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 16% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 43% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-de-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. 3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with Val-de-Marne’s towns (3.5%) and below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Villecresnes. In Val-de-Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.7 years for women and 82.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 976 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 947: 3% above.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Villecresnes. Police and gendarmerie figures for Villecresnes show 222 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 14.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.7 (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · 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, 0.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Villecresnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
7 notable people were born in Villecresnes.
Pierre Vassiliu: Stanislas Fonlupt, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villecresnes | 11,647 | — | C | D | B− | B− |
| Mandres-les-Roses | 4,922 | 1.2 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Épinay-sous-Sénart Essonne | 11,611 | 1.6 | C− | C | B | D |
| Marolles-en-Brie | 4,781 | 1.7 | B | D | B | A |
| Brunoy Essonne | 25,643 | 1.8 | B− | D | B− | A− |
| Périgny | 2,724 | 1.9 | — | D | — | A− |
| Yerres Essonne | 27,906 | 1.9 | C+ | D | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #9 of 44 in Val-de-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 35 burglaries and 67 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #35 of 47 in Val-de-Marne. 88% of 193 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Maurice Eliot in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,658/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,662/m² (218 sales), apartments €3,650/m² (118 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villecresnes grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Villecresnes is a commune of 11,647 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.