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La Chapelle (18e arr.) — Paris, France

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Average day Higher caution advised night

In detail

This quartier (Porte de la Chapelle, Marx-Dormoy) is extensively and recently documented as troubled: CNews reported in September 2025 on "bagarres, meurtres, trafics" affecting the area and on residents' anger over gang brawls at Place de la Chapelle, and local residents/shopkeepers have since formed an association against delinquency (ICI/France Bleu, 2025). Porte de la Chapelle itself has also repeatedly hosted large open-air drug-user encampments (the so-called "colline du crack"), evacuated by police multiple times between 2019 and 2024 and re-forming nearby each time. Real, well-documented risk exists here both day and night, worse after dark. Sources checked: CNews, 4 Sep 2025; CNews, 30 Aug 2025; ICI/France Bleu, 2025; Europe1, 9 Dec 2025.

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This rating comes from a structured local-source assessment. This specific area was reviewed against credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — and the signals were consolidated across sources rather than taken from any single report, with the reasoning and the sources shown above. Paris publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does publish one, Wandroz uses it instead of an assessment. Where a review finds nothing documented, that is recorded as no findings rather than as a safety rating.

Frequently asked questions

Is La Chapelle (18e arr.) safe?

Wandroz currently rates La Chapelle (18e arr.) in Paris as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Paris during the day and an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in Paris at night. This comes from a structured local-source assessment: an area-level review of credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — consolidated across sources rather than taken from a single report. Paris publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.

Is La Chapelle (18e arr.) safe at night?

At night, La Chapelle (18e arr.) is rated as an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in Paris. If you're unsure, it's worth checking recent local reviews for your specific street or block, since a neighbourhood-wide rating can't capture block-by-block variation.

Is La Chapelle (18e arr.) a good area to stay in as a tourist?

La Chapelle (18e arr.)'s day rating (roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Paris) is the more relevant one for typical daytime tourist activity; check the night rating too if you'll be out late. Note that the Booking.com link on this page searches 18th arr., not La Chapelle (18e arr.) specifically: Booking does not list this neighbourhood as a destination of its own, so check each property's address against the map above.

Is there official crime data for La Chapelle (18e arr.)?

Not an official government crime feed — La Chapelle (18e arr.)'s rating comes from Wandroz's own current local/national press and survey research for this specific area instead (see the note on this page for what was checked and the sources used). An absence of recent negative coverage is treated as inconclusive, not as proof the area is safe. If you live in or know La Chapelle (18e arr.) well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.

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