Living in Villebon-sur-Yvette

Based on recorded-crime figures (French Ministry of the Interior / SSMSI, 2022-2024), Villebon-sur-Yvette records 48.5 offences per 1,000 residents per year, making it less safe than 92% of French towns of a similar size. Note: recorded-crime rates tend to be higher in busy commuter and shopping towns, so compare like with like.

The median flat price in Villebon-sur-Yvette is 3 330 €/m² (from DVF, France’s official record of actual sale prices). Houses sell for around 3 978 €/m². Indicative figure — not financial or property advice.

The best middle school (collège) in Villebon-sur-Yvette averages 11.5/20 in the written brevet exam (French Ministry of Education, 2025 (annuaire, live) ; DNB : session la plus récente disponible par établissement (2023-2025 selon dépt)) — a score out of 20, not a pass rate. In France, your child’s state school is assigned by home address (the carte scolaire), so check the exact catchment for a given street.

French property is priced per square metre. DVF is the government’s open dataset of actual recorded sale prices, so these are real transactions, not asking prices.

State primary and middle schools are assigned by home address, not chosen freely. Your street determines the school. Private schools are not bound by the catchment map.

An annual local tax paid by property owners, set as a rate by each town — a real difference in running costs between otherwise similar communes.

The brevet is the exam at the end of middle school (age ~15); the bac is the end-of-high-school exam (age ~18). Pass and distinction rates are common quality proxies.

Every score compares a commune to others of its own size — a village against villages, a city against cities — so a small safe town isn’t unfairly ranked against a big city.