Which city holds the prize list for attacks and burglaries in one year among French municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants? Discover the 2023 winners and the top 30.
Linternaute.com analyzed in detail the latest figures from the statistical service of the Ministry of the Interior (SSMSI) on crime recorded by the national police and gendarmerie, relayed on the platform data.gouv.fr. The acts of crime (street violence, burglary, theft, sexual violence) per thousand inhabitants of municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants were exclusively compared. Of the 480 towns with more than 20,000 inhabitants listed, which town holds the top crime rankings on several indicators? Discover our TOP 30:
And the prize for the most dangerous city in France goes to… Lille!
Lille in the North is the big city most affected in France by violence in 2022. The capital of Flanders has the lights on red: 114.7 acts of violence for 10,000 inhabitants… Indeed, according to a decryption of the Figarowe recorded this year + 22% of thefts with weapons, + 24% of thefts in vehicles, and + 23% of violence in the public space… According to the assistant in charge of security of Lille Jean-Claude Menault, “it is settled case law that the city of Lille is in deficit in terms of police personnel”. “The average statistical risk in the territory of Lille of being the victim of a crime or misdemeanor is 106 per thousand, or 10.64%”, according to city-data.com.
The ranking of the most dangerous French cities in 2023
In the top three of bad scores comes Lille as seen above, followed by Saint-Denis in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, with a total number of 11,331 crimes and misdemeanors in 2022, and the capital, Paris, with a total number of 215,862 crimes and misdemeanors in 2022. Discover our top 30 of the most violent major cities in France:
- Lille
- St Denis
- Paris
- Lyons
- Orly
- Bordeaux
- Grenoble
- walking sticks
- Rouen
- Marseilles
- Puteaux
- Aubervilliers
- Valenciennes
- Agde
- Roubaix
- Cayenne
- Bobigny
- Dax
- Avignon
- Angouleme
- Nantes
- Puppet
- Venissieux
- Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
- Toulouse
- Noisy le Sec
- duai
- Perpignan
- Saint Herblain
- Villeneuve-la-Garenne