The French public budget › Local authorities · Towns and their groupings · 2024
Security & public hygiene
Police, security, justice, fire and rescue, other civil protection operations…: the 7th largest of the 9 areas of towns and their groupings in 2024.
8.2bn€
spent in 2024 (estimate)
What it pays for, in 2024
Police, security, justice59%4.8bn€
Fire and rescue23%1.9bn€
Other civil protection operations8%631M€
Shared services (security)6%516M€
Public hygiene and sanitation4%310M€
Estimated amount: local authorities’ 2024 spending (Eurostat, government accounts 2024 ↗), split according to: Local finance observatory (OFGL), 2025 accounts ↗, Local finance observatory (OFGL), 2025 report ↗.