Among cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, those located in Pays de la Loire appear to be the safest in France, according to “Le Parisien”.
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Qhat is the safest city in France? The answer was provided by a classification established by The Parisian based on data from the Ministerial Statistical Service for Homeland Security (SSMSI). These data list the number of offenses or complaints filed, proportional to the number of inhabitants. They were then classified into three main categories: assaults, thefts and burglaries. Only cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants in France (excluding Île-de-France) were taken into account.
Thus, Pays de la Loire appears to be the region with the safest cities. First in the ranking: Sèvremoine, a town of 25,000 inhabitants located near Cholet, in Maine-et-Loire. In second position, we find Chemillé-en-Anjou in the same department. Montaigu-Vendée (Vendée), near Nantes, completes the podium. Le Creusot comes in fourth position before finding a new town in the West: Beaupréau-en-Mauges (5e).
Misclassified metropolises
While the western part of France is acclaimed by the daily ranking, the cities by the sea are resisting well with in particular Bastia, Saint-Malo or Bayonne which integrate the top 50. On the other hand, the North occupies the bottom of the ranking by placing five cities in the last ten places (Roubaix, Douai, Valenciennes, Armentières and Lille). Also among the bad students: the big cities. Lyons (248e), Marseilles (263e) or Bordeaux (268e) appear in the last fifteen places.
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A result linked, in part, to population density according to Renée Zauberman, research director at the CNRS and head of the OSCJ, the Scientific Observatory of Crime and Justice. “Traditionally, where there are denser populations, there are more offenses in general. France is one of the European countries where the consumption of drugs is by far the most widespread, especially cannabis, both in large and medium-sized towns. With an illegal drug market that is profitable for the networks, there are conflicts over territory, market grabbing, and violence,” she explained to the newspaper.