France’s official crime statistics for 2025 have been released and show a drop in the number of burglaries and vehicle thefts compared with 2024 but a sharp rise in frauds.
Non-violent theft against individuals remains the most common reported offence and cases are up by 2% on 2024 figures. Cases of physical violence are up by 5%.
The figures, published by the official crime statistics body, the Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (SSMSI), cover crimes and offences recorded by police and gendarmes across metropolitan France and the overseas departments.
The interior ministry stresses that recorded crime does not capture all offending as many victims do not file complaints. Survey data on victims’ experience continue to be used alongside police statistics to estimate the scale of under-reporting.
Sexual violence also rose, broadly in line with recent trends, although the pace of growth remains below the average recorded over the past decade.
Drug-related offences also continued their upward trend. Police and gendarmes recorded 56,600 people implicated in drug trafficking, an increase of 8%, while the number of people recorded for drug use rose by 6%, to just over 307,000. These increases extend a pattern observed since 2020.
Homicide figures remain low compared with other offences at 982, up 1% on the previous year, butstill almost double the number of the UK in 2025, which was 499 according to data from the Office of National Statistics.
