Chevreuse grades A− overall: better than 84% of compared French towns, and #10 of 91 in Yvelines. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 0% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €4,001/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Chevreuse 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 Chevreuse.
Safety
Chevreuse records less crime per resident than 92% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 75 offenses in the graded categories in Chevreuse in 2025. Chevreuse comes 2nd of the 91 compared towns in Yvelines on the Safety Grade. For family violence, other physical violence and vehicle theft, 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, 10.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage48
Burglary12
Sexual violence10
Theft from vehicles5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence28
Fraud27
Drug use19
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.
3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
75
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
10.2%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Chevreuse is better off than Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €38,400 a year per consumption unit
On this, Chevreuse is above both Yvelines’ towns (€32,600) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 23.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Chevreuse has 1,650 jobs for 2,550 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
Public transport16%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,650
jobs based in Chevreuse, 0.6 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€38,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Chevreuse’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 80% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Chevreuse records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above both Yvelines’ towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 627 residents of Chevreuse died, against 544 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Chevreuse · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien
5.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive de L Ouest Parisien
86.8 · 82.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yvelines, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Chevreuse: 11% were built before 1919, more than in Yvelines’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Chevreuse, that is above both Yvelines’ towns (5.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chevreuse, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
11th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected
✓
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chevreuse
Is Chevreuse safe?
It grades A for safety, #2 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chevreuse good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #1 of 94 in Yvelines. 98% of 363 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de la vallée de Chevreuse in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chevreuse expensive to live in?
By type: houses €3,856/m² (104 sales), apartments €4,102/m² (66 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €18.18/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chevreuse grades C for cost of living.
About Chevreuse
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Chevreuse is a commune of 5,502 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse. 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
5,502 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse
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.
