Photo: Gilles Guillamot · CC BY-SA 3.0What is recorded in Les Epesses, and why there is no grade
At 7.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, theft without violence compares with 4.2 in a typical town its size. In Les Epesses, the hidden counts would make up 36.4% of the Safety index if the Vendée average stood in for them, over the 25% we allow, so Les Epesses has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Every count published for Les Epesses is set out below.
Published counts only: no figure on this page includes a borrowed average except the borrowed share itself.
What police and gendarmerie recorded most in 2025
Well above the median of towns its size: sexual violence (4.7 per 1,000 against 1) and theft without violence (7.7 per 1,000 against 4.2). None recorded in 2025: armed robbery and drug dealing. Not published for 2025: family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts and drug use.
Theft without violence, robbery without a weapon, theft of vehicle parts, fraud and drug offenses 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.
Per 1,000 residents in 2025; the tick is the median of the graded French towns of 2,500 to 10,000.
What was recorded in Les Epesses, year by year
| Kind | In the grade | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family violence | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Other physical violence | Violence | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Sexual violence | Violence | n.p. | 8 | 14 |
| Armed robbery | Violence | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Vehicle theft | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft from vehicles | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Criminal damage | Burglary, vehicle theft, damage | 14 | 19 | 14 |
| Theft without violence | Not in the grade | 24 | 19 | 23 |
| Robbery without a weapon | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Theft of vehicle parts | Not in the grade | n.p. | 11 | n.p. |
| Fraud | Not in the grade | 7 | 11 | 15 |
| Drug use | Not in the grade | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. |
| Drug dealing | Not in the grade | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Counts mix units, as SSMSI publishes them: victims for violence, offenses for burglary and damage, vehicles for vehicle theft. That’s why the page never adds them into one “total crimes”.
Offenses recorded each year. n.p.: not published (small: five or fewer in at least one of the last three years).
Les Epesses and the towns around it
| Town | People | Violence | Homes, vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Epesses | 2,983 | —1 | —1 | —1 |
| Sèvremont | 6,385 | 2.6 | 4.7 | A+ |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre | 3,550 | —1 | —1 | —1 |
| Les Herbiers | 16,521 | 6.7 | 11.3 | B+ |
| Chanverrie | 5,653 | —1 | —1 | —1 |
| Le Boupère | 3,151 | —1 | —1 | —1 |
| Mauléon Deux-Sèvres | 8,573 | 5.4 | 6.5 | A |
1 Not graded: over 25% of the index would rest on département averages, where SSMSI doesn’t publish small counts.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where offenses happen, not where victims live. SSMSI counts each offense in the commune where police or gendarmerie recorded it happening. Towns with shops, stations, a hospital or nightlife record more per resident, and visitors are part of that count but not of the population it is divided by.
- An index, not a total. The kinds are counted in different units (victims, offenses, vehicles), so the grade adds their rates per 1,000 residents into an index and never shows a “total crimes” or a chance of being a victim.
- Hidden counts. SSMSI doesn’t publish a commune’s count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years). In its place it gives the average among the département’s communes whose count is hidden; the grade uses that average, never zero, and a town gets no Safety Grade when over a quarter of its index would come from such averages.
- Recorded, not all crime. Only offenses reported to or found by police and gendarmerie are counted. Reporting rates differ by kind: most vehicle thefts are reported, much family and sexual violence isn’t.
Questions about safety in Les Epesses
Is Les Epesses safe?
Les Epesses has no Safety Grade, because too many of its counts aren’t published. What is published for 2025: 23 theft without violence, 15 fraud, 14 sexual violence and 14 criminal damage. Violence counts are mostly hidden: each was five or fewer in at least one of the last three years.
Why does Les Epesses have no Safety Grade?
SSMSI doesn’t publish a count when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years) and publishes a Vendée average in its place. For Les Epesses, those averages would make 36.4% of the Safety index, over our 25% limit, so we don’t grade it: the letter would describe the département more than the town. Without a Safety Grade, Les Epesses has no overall grade either; its other subjects are graded.
What is the most common recorded offense in Les Epesses?
Theft without violence: 23 in 2025, shown for information, not in the grade. Then fraud (15), sexual violence (14) and criminal damage (14).
Sources: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 (base communale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2026 edition) · INSEE, legal populations for each year · INSEE, census 2023 (jobs and working residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 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.