Dinan safety
Flood, radon, clay, seismic, and old-town structure need an exact-address review
Géorisques identifies flood and groundwater, ground movement, clay shrink-swell, level-2 seismicity, high radon potential, soil-pollution records, dam-rupture exposure, and commune-level CATNAT events. These are screening facts, not a parcel result.
Selected 2025 crime categories cannot be added into an overall rate, and armed-robbery data are suppressed. Review flood elevation, basements, radon, clay, former industrial land, walls, stairs, lighting, roads, power, warnings, insurance, and emergency access.
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
- 4.4% of nearby area
- Physical Violence Outside Family — Victims per 1,000 Residents (2025)
- 4.9
- Violent Robbery Without a Weapon — Offenses per 1,000 Residents (2025)
- 0.7
- Residential Burglary — Offenses per 1,000 Housing Units (2025)
- 5.3
- Vehicle Theft — Vehicles per 1,000 Residents (2025)
- 3.5
- Fraud and Payment Scams — Victims per 1,000 Residents (2025)
- 5.6
- National Intentional Homicide Rate
- 1.3 per 100,000
Dinan in everyday life
Could Dinan work for you?
What may work well
- Géorisques identifies concrete flood, radon, clay, seismic, and ground-movement questions.
- Dinan has identifiable hospital, library, green-space, port, and transit resources.
What to think about
- Commune reports are not parcel-level forecasts.
- Selected crime categories do not establish a comparable overall rate.
- Flood, radon, clay, walls, stairs, roads, power, and care access vary by property.
Review Dinan safety by address
Use current information
Keep commune, prefecture, Géorisques, hospital, insurance, and weather guidance available.
Inspect the property
Review flood, groundwater, radon, clay, seismicity, walls, damp, stairs, lighting, roads, power, insurance, and emergency access.
Visit in changing conditions
Check the home after dark, after rain, during a freeze, and on the steepest route rather than relying on one clear visit.
Questions retirees ask
Is Dinan safe?
The available crime and hazard sources do not provide a simple overall safety rate. Review current information and the exact home, including flood, radon, clay, walls, stairs, lighting, roads, power, and emergency access.
Why check old-town structure and radon?
Walls, stairs, damp, radon, clay, flood, insurance, roads, power, and care access can change the practical safety of one property.
Dinan safety is best represented through current official information and an address-level review of flood, radon, clay, seismicity, historic structure, stairs, lighting, roads, power, and emergency routes.
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
Not yet available for this place: Overall Safety, Violent Crime, Property Crime.
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