In 2024, there were approximately ******* theft offenses recorded by police forces in France; the majority of them were perpetrated without the use of violence, and only ***** were committed with the use of a weapon. The previous year, considerably more theft offenses were recorded by the police authorities, since around ******* theft offenses were counted in total. However, this number was lower in 2020, which could be possibly explained by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2024, violent crime in France declined to approximately ******* recorded offenses, marking a notable drop compared to previous years. According to police crime statistics, this represents a decrease of over ****** cases from 2023, when ******* violent offenses were reported. This decline contrasts with the consistent rise in violent crime since 2016, when police recorded just ******* offenses against the person.

In 2023, around *** vehicles were stolen per 1,000 road vehicles in Île-de-France, making it the region with the highest vehicle theft rate in France. That year, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes reported the second and third-highest theft ratio; at *** and *** thefts per 1,000 vehicles respectively.

Historical dataset showing France crime rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2021.

The average for 2016 based on 74 countries was 783 thefts per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Denmark: 3949 thefts per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Senegal: 1 thefts per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2016. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2024, more than ******* individuals in France were recorded as victims of personal violence offenses, the highest number reported since 2016.

France: Thefts per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la France de 2003 à 2016. La valeur moyenne pour France pendant cette période était de 1657 thefts per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 1205 thefts per 100,000 people en 2008 et un maximum de 2135 thefts per 100,000 people en 2016.

In 2023, in France, there were ******* auto and motorized two-wheeler thefts. This represented an increase from the previous year when around ******* auto thefts were recorded. But in general, the statistic shows that the number of car and motorized two-wheeler thefts decreased significantly since 2008 when there were ******* thefts in France.

The average for 2016 based on 14 countries was 1102 thefts per 100,000 people. The highest value was in France: 2135 thefts per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Cyprus: 62 thefts per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2016. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Historical dataset showing St. Martin (French part) crime rate per 100K population by year from 2011 to 2016.

France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area was 14.70% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area reached a record high of 22.30% in December of 2004 and a record low of 13.90% in December of 2017.

France Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Annual Sales for Affected Firms data was reported at 1.100 % in 2021. France Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Annual Sales for Affected Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 1.100 % from Dec 2021 (Median) to 2021, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.100 % in 2021 and a record low of 1.100 % in 2021. France Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Annual Sales for Affected Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Average losses as a result of theft, robbery, vandalism or arson that occurred on the establishment’s premises calculated as a percentage of annual sales. The value represents the average losses for all firms which reported losses (please see indicator IC.FRM.THEV.ZS).;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/);Unweighted average;

In France, in April 2025, the most common type of offense reported to the police was non-violent robbery against persons, with ****** cases. Moreover, *** armed robberies were committed during that time.

France Firms Experiencing Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Firms data was reported at 20.000 % in 2021. France Firms Experiencing Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 20.000 % from Dec 2021 (Median) to 2021, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.000 % in 2021 and a record low of 20.000 % in 2021. France Firms Experiencing Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Percent of firms experiencing losses due to theft, robbery, vandalism or arson that occurred on the establishment's premises.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Historical dataset showing French Polynesia crime rate per 100K population by year from 2006 to 2009.

In 2023, an estimated 217,600 households were victims of burglary in France. This figure is down significantly compared to a decade ago, in 2013. Indeed, in that year around 258,000 households were victims of burglary.

France: Robberies per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la France de 2003 à 2017. La valeur moyenne pour France pendant cette période était de 184 robberies per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 150 robberies per 100,000 people en 2017 et un maximum de 207 robberies per 100,000 people en 2003.

In France, in June 2025, police services recorded *** homicides in the last three months. Police services also recorded more than ***** thefts involving the use of a weapon, over 13,000 thefts without the use of a weapon, and ******* non-violent thefts.

In order to promote the openness of data on delinquency and insecurity, the Ministry of Internal Security Statistics Service (SSMSI, Department of the Ministry of the Interior) has made available two annual databases on the main indicators of crimes and crimes recorded by the national police and gendarmerie, since 2016 at the municipal level depending on the place of commission. These databases are intended to be enriched as other indicators are trusted (scams, destruction/voluntary degradation, infringements of drug legislation, etc.). Two elements must be taken into account when interpreting the level of indicators: * the time limit for registration, which may create a time lag between the time the infringements occurred and the time when they are accounted for; * the complaint filing rate has an impact on the level of crime recorded. Environment and Safety Investigations are used to assess complaint rates. For example, according to these surveys on average over the period 2011-2018, only 12 % of victims of sexual violence outside the household file complaints, compared with 74 % for victims of burglaries. In addition, it should be noted that municipal data are not reported for the low values of recorded delinquency, both for reasons of interpretability of these data and respect for statistical confidentiality. Thus, when fewer than 6 crimes or offences are committed in a commune (number assessed by class of facts), they are published only if the situation persists for 3 years. The same applies to the absence of recorded facts (noted 0), which is disseminated only when the situation recurs over three successive years. Given the non-distribution of these highly volatile and sometimes geographically imprecise data, the share of delinquency events disseminated at the municipal level varies, depending on the indicator, between 59 % (for theft with arms) and 94 % (for theft without violence against persons) in 2021. 11 indicators are published, corresponding to the agglomeration of items in the standardised nomenclature called “state 4001”, used since 1971 to measure the judicial activity of services through monthly counts: 1) Voluntary Coups and Injuries on Persons 15 years of age or older, which include 2) Intra-Family Voluntary Injuries and Injuries on Persons 15 years of age or older and (3) Voluntary Injuries and Voluntary Injuries on Persons 15 years of age or older, 4) Sexual Violence, 5) Thefts with Arms, 6) Violent Unarmed Flights, 7) Theft without Violence Against Persons, 8) Housing Cambriolages, 9) Thefts of Vehicles (Automotive or Two Motor Wheels), 10) Flights in Vehicles, 11) Accessories Flights on Vehicles. Metadata Link to metadata Additional resources * Website Data.gouv.fr: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/bases-communale-et-departementale-des-principaux-indicateurs-des-crimes-et-delits-enregistres-par-la-police-et-la-gendarmerie-nationales/ The open platform of French public data offers for download the database of the main indicators of crimes and crimes recorded by the national police and gendarmerie, at the municipal and departmental level for the whole of France. * Website of the Ministry of the Interior: https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Interstats/Publications/Interstats-Analyse/Geographie-de-la-delinquance-a-l-echelle-communale-Interstats-Analyse-N-44 The official website of the Ministry of the Interior offers for download the n°44 of Interstats Analyse, its publication dedicated to in-depth studies on topics related to insecurity and delinquency. This issue is devoted to the geography of delinquency at the communal scale. * Statistics-locales.insee: https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-87880,6478122,406214,245401&c=indicator&i=ssmsi_nb_taux.tpm_cbv&s=2021&view=map1 The website of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), dedicated to the visualisation of the indicators of the territory, allows to consult the 11 indicators per municipality throughout France (rate per thousand and number of facts)

Snapshot img { margin: 10px !important; } Outlook of the global mass transit security market

Technavio’s market research analyst predicts the global mass transit security market to grow steadily at a CAGR of around 9% by 2021. One of the major drivers responsible for this growth is the increasing need for public safety. A constant rise in the crime rate and an ever-increasing number of criminal attacks has raised awareness of security among local and federal governments. For instance, in August 2015, a heavily armed man attacked commuters on a train in France. Such terror attacks are increasing worldwide, and corrective methods are being taken especially in mass transit locations such as bus stops, railway stations, airports, and marine ports. Since catastrophic attacks can lead to irreparable losses, transit security systems are helpful in monitoring and scanning people and their luggage. Also law enforcement agents are expected to take precautionary measures to avoid such incidences.

The rising number of terrorist attacks has led to an increase in the demand for chip-embedded passports, also known as e-passports. With the rising number of cross-border travelers, the need for a better passport authentication method has become a priority for authorities across the globe. E-passports are embedded with smart chips that generate a unique code for the identification of the user. These codes are difficult to decode or forge, making e-passports more reliable than traditional paper booklets. The adoption of e-passports is rapidly increasing in European countries such as Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Poland, Greece, and Macedonia.

Competitive landscape and key vendors

The mass transit security systems market is highly fragmented due to the presence of many small and large vendors. As the market is gaining traction and is expected to grow over the forecast period, many new players are entering the market. To survive this intensely competitive environment, it has become imperative for vendors to distinguish their products and services offered, through clear and unique value propositions. The market is expected to see intensified competition with an increase in product/service extensions, technological innovations, and mergers and acquisitions. Competition in this market is expected to intensify during the forecast period with the increase in development of new technologies and product lines.

Leading vendors in the market are -

Axis Communications
Bosch Security Systems
NICE Systems (Qognify)
Panasonic
Tyco 

The other prominent vendors in the mass transit security market include AngelTrax, Cisco Systems, Fortem, Genetec, Hikvision Digital Technology, IndigoVision, Intergraph, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, and Teleste.

Segmentation by components and analysis of the mass transit security market

Access Control
Surveillance
Infrastructure Security

During 2016, the infrastructure security segment dominated the mass transit security market and accounted for a major part of the overall market share. The rise in the number of criminal activities, theft, and unauthorized access to secure areas, has increased the threat to infrastructures across the globe. Moreover, the rising number of infrastructure attacks have drastically increased the awareness of people for infrastructure security; this increasing awareness level has given rise to the rapid adoption of infrastructure security systems worldwide.

Geographical segmentation and analysis of the X-band radar market

Americas
APAC
EMEA

In this market study, analysts have estimated, the Americas are dominating the global mass transit security market during 2017. Since the 9/11 attack in 2001, the US authorities have taken precautionary measures to implement security systems to defend against possible terrorist attacks on parts of the ground transportation systems including subways, railroad trains, and bridges. The transportation sector is the most vulnerable to various types of threats, as millions of people in the US use mass transit systems every day and there is no fixed way to protect buses and trains from terror attacks.

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