Crime is the sore point: an average of 13.3 recorded violent incidents and 23.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,674/m² costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #14 of 19 in Yonne. It comes out better than 21% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Auxerre 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 Auxerre.
Safety
Auxerre sees more crime per resident than 93% of compared French towns
In all, 1,439 offenses reached the police record in Auxerre in 2025. The town has 25,500 jobs for 13,350 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
13.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage555
Other physical violence250
Family violence150
Burglary142
Sexual violence135
Theft from vehicles127
Vehicle theft80
Theft without violence450
Drug use332
Fraud265
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.
13.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,439
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
For walkability, Auxerre ranks above 93% of compared French towns
The unemployment rate comes to 15.6%. Half of residents lived on more than €22,700 a year per consumption unit, close to Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.5% of working residents in Auxerre went to work by public transport.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
On foot15%
Public transport8%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
25,500
jobs based in Auxerre, 1.9 per working resident
15.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1968, and 37 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Auxerre is Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Étienne. The town has 11 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Yonne’s towns (5.9) and compared French towns (2.5). Since 1968, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Homes built before 1919 account for just over a tenth of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
88.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 0.7 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Auxerre, 89.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Yonne’s towns (91.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its schools’ results rank #12 of 18 in Yonne.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Auxerre’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Auxerre can choose among 35 GPs. Its four care homes for older people (691 places) count their residents as Auxerre’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 3,911 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 4,255, 9% more. At birth, a girl in Yonne can expect 84.2 years and a boy 78.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
35
GPs in Auxerre · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Auxerre
0.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Auxerre
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A young town: 13% of people in Auxerre are 15 to 24, more than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns
28% of adults hold a degree, above Yonne’s towns (21%) but below compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. The median resident of Auxerre is 44.1 years old.
44.1median age
AuxerreYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Homes in Auxerre sell for €1,674/m² at the median, against €1,433/m² in Yonne’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €1,818/m² in Auxerre, apartments for €1,568/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.64/m² a month, above Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 40% were houses.
€1,674/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Auxerre€1,674/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,818/m²
594
Apartments
€1,568/m²
885
€11.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.50 to €14.25/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois
Église de Vaux: Photo: Robin Chubret · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Eusèbe: Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Église Saint-Pierre ou Saint-Père: Photo: Baidax · CC BY-SA 4.0
Joseph Fourier: Julien-Léopold Boilly, Public domain · Jean-Paul Rappeneau: Julienmorvan, Public domain · Bérengère Schuh: Andy Rogers from Near Ipswich, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Emmeline Ndongue: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye: Unidentified painter, Public domain · Maurice Norland: Agence Rol, Public domain
Auxerre’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 Auxerre
Is Auxerre safe?
It grades D for safety, #15 of 19 in Yonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 142 burglaries and 555 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Auxerre good?
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #12 of 18 in Yonne. 96% of 260 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Jacques Amyot in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Auxerre expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Auxerre grades B for cost of living.
About Auxerre
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Auxerre is a commune of 35,097 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois. 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.
