Insecurity: Lyon is in third place among the most dangerous cities in France
According to a report by the Ministry of the Interior from March 2022, the city of Lyon has been ranked the third most dangerous city in France behind Paris and Marseille.
In 2021, crime has increased sharply in Lyon as everywhere in France. In a report published last March by the Ministry of the Interior, the city was ranked third among the most dangerous cities in the country behind Paris and Marseille. A classification identical to that of the number of inhabitants.
This growing insecurity, many have seen in the Rhone city. “I have lived in Lyon for 45 years, even 50 years and I can see that the situation has deteriorated,” said a Lyonnais. “I’m from Montreal, I’m told to get home before 8:30 p.m., which is inconceivable in Montreal,” added a Montreal resident.
Gérard Collomb, mayor of Lyon for 18 years, no longer knew his city. The former Minister of the Interior accused the new mayor of the city, the ecologist Grégory Doucet: “She swung into delinquency and ultra-violence from the moment the mayor of Lyon no longer considered that security issues were fundamental issues. When you fight with the Kalashnikov, you realize that you have taken many steps”.
For his part, Grégory Doucet declared that he considered security to be one of his priorities. Proof of this is that the Lyon mayor demanded, upon his election, 300 new municipal police officers from Gérald Darmanin.