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Safety in Bergerac, France

Bergerac (Dordogne, France) - Pélissière square and St James church
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Bergerac safety

What does a Dordogne home need beyond communal indicators?

Overall Safety is unavailable in the current published rows. The available indicators include 5.1 victims of physical violence outside the family per 1,000 residents, 0.5 violent robberies without a weapon per 1,000 residents, 7.0 residential burglaries per 1,000 housing units, 1.5 vehicle thefts per 1,000 residents, and 6.7 fraud or payment-scam victims per 1,000 residents.

Bergerac's DICRIM identifies Dordogne and Caudeau flooding, clay soil movement, forest fire, severe weather, dangerous-goods transport, industrial risk, and dam rupture. A historical flood screen affects 8.5% of nearby 10-kilometer area, while the city has also announced recognition for 2025 drought-related soil movement. Review the exact address, insurance, evacuation routes, soil, drainage, fire restrictions, and current official notices.

The safety picture

Start with the overall picture, then look at the details that matter for daily life.

Day to day confidence

Nighttime comfort, response, scams, stability, and solo living add practical context.

Modeled 100-Year Flood Exposure
8.5% of nearby area
Physical Violence Outside Family — Victims per 1,000 Residents (2025)
5.1
Violent Robbery Without a Weapon — Offenses per 1,000 Residents (2025)
0.5
Residential Burglary — Offenses per 1,000 Housing Units (2025)
7.0
Vehicle Theft — Vehicles per 1,000 Residents (2025)
1.5
Fraud and Payment Scams — Victims per 1,000 Residents (2025)
6.7
National Intentional Homicide Rate
1.3 per 100,000

Bergerac in everyday life

Could Bergerac work for you?

What may work well

  • Dated communal indicators and a detailed DICRIM create a clear starting point for direct questions.
  • The local hospital and transport options can simplify emergency planning once the exact route is confirmed.
  • Georisques gives a way to check flood, soil, fire, and property-specific records.

What to think about

  • Overall Safety is unavailable and the indicators use different denominators and years.
  • The historical flood screen and drought or soil information do not replace an exact property review.
  • River, clay, fire, drought, severe weather, insurance, and care travel can interact during a difficult day.

Give Bergerac a layered safety review

  1. Visit the proposed address

    Walk in daylight and after dark. Check lighting, entries, sidewalks, traffic, parking, noise, drainage, river exposure, and slope.

  2. Inspect flood and soil

    Review Georisques, elevation, river and Caudeau exposure, drainage, clay, foundations, insurance, evacuation, and roads.

  3. Prepare for fire and drought

    Ask about vegetation, restrictions, water, power, shelter, alerts, road access, and the route to hospital and pharmacy.

  4. Keep contacts available

    Save police, fire, hospital, pharmacy, family, insurer, transport, and local emergency contacts in a form available during outages.

Questions retirees ask

Is Bergerac safe for retirement?

Overall Safety is unavailable. Review the dated indicators, visit the exact street, and examine flood, soil, fire, drought, insurance, roads, power, and care access.

What does the 8.5% flood screen mean?

It is a historical modeled share of nearby 10-kilometer area, not a parcel prediction. Check elevation, river exposure, drainage, roads, insurance, and the exact home.

Why review clay soil?

The DICRIM identifies clay soil movement and the city announced drought-related recognition. Review Georisques, foundations, cracks, drainage, insurance, and property history.

Do the crime indicators cover every neighborhood?

No. They use different communal denominators and years. Pair them with an exact-street visit, local questions, lighting review, and property-specific hazard checks.

Bergerac needs an exact-address review that joins communal indicators with flood, clay, drought, fire, river, insurance, roads, power, and hospital access.

Sources

Safety depends on the neighborhood, the places you go each day, transportation, and personal comfort.

Use official local sources and recent neighborhood-level context before choosing where to stay, rent, or buy.

  • World Resources Institute (WRI)

    Used for Modeled 100-Year Flood Exposure

    Checked 2026-07-13

  • French Interior Ministry / SSMSI

    Used for Physical Violence Outside Family — Victims per 1,000 Residents (2025), Violent Robbery Without a Weapon — Offenses per 1,000 Residents (2025), Residential Burglary — Offenses per 1,000 Housing Units (2025), Vehicle Theft — Vehicles per 1,000 Residents (2025), Fraud and Payment Scams — Victims per 1,000 Residents (2025)

    Checked 2026-06-25

  • World Bank (UNODC source)

    Used for National Intentional-Homicide Rate

    Checked 2026-07-18

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