Paris · Hôtel-de-Ville
Is the 4th Arrondissement safe?
Indicative score
Normal caution
Based on 2025 recorded-offence rates for the 4th Arrondissement (27,332 residents).
Year-over-year trend
stable (3%)
Recorded offence categories, 2025
This arrondissement (bar) against the population-weighted Paris-wide average (marker).
- Non-violent theft from person (incl. pickpocketing)93.0/1,000
- Fraud / payment scams22.6/1,000
- Drug use18.3/1,000
- Vandalism / criminal damage14.1/1,000
- Theft from vehicles8.2/1,000
- Physical violence (non-domestic)6.7/1,000
- Home burglary5.8/1,000
- Unarmed robbery4.9/1,000
- Sexual violence4.5/1,000
- Domestic physical violence3.1/1,000
- Drug trafficking1.5/1,000
- Vehicle theft1.4/1,000
- Theft of vehicle parts1.0/1,000
- Armed robberyn/a
Transport
Nearest metro, RER, Transilien, and tram stops from Île-de-France Mobilités open data.
Pont Marie (Cité des Arts)
98m away · Métro 7
Saint-Paul (Le Marais)
258m away · Métro 1
Sully - Morland
460m away · Métro 7
Hôtel de Ville
519m away · Métro 1, Métro 11
Cité
759m away · Métro 4
Rambuteau
826m away · Métro 11
Methodology
- Based on 2025 recorded-offence rates per 1,000 residents from the French Ministry of the Interior (SSMSI), across 14 offence categories weighted by severity.
- Central arrondissements with small residential populations and heavy non-resident daytime and tourist footfall (notably the 1st, 2nd and 8th) show higher rates for this reason: the rate is per resident, not per visitor, so this reflects reporting geography more than personal risk to visitors.
- Scores are relative to the spread across Paris's 20 arrondissements, not on the same absolute scale as London ward scores.
- This is annual, arrondissement-level official crime data, not street-level or live incident data.
- The score is indicative and based only on public recorded crime data, not a guarantee of personal safety.
Crime data: SSMSI (Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure), French Ministry of the Interior, via data.gouv.fr. Transport data: Île-de-France Mobilités. Both under Licence Ouverte / Open Licence.