neighbourhood in Beek (L.)

Spaubeek

3,360 residents · postal code 6176 · Part of Beek - Spaubeek, Beek (L.)

Top 49% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

With just over six hundred residents per square kilometre, Spaubeek is one of the thinly populated spots in this part of Limburg, and that shows in the 7.9 for quiet & nature: plenty of greenery in the surroundings and noise below the national median.

More interesting is the 5.6 for families, because here it does not come from distance. The primary school is seven hundred metres away, so what drags the score down is the share of children: that stays below the national median, while more than a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Wealth & income is mixed — the top of the income distribution is exactly as broad here as nationally and vacancy is low, but property value stays below the median and social assistance is almost twice as common. Hence the 5.0 that follows.

no. 6,344 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 4 of 8 in Beek (L.)

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Is Spaubeek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Spaubeek comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

28.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

12.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 123 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

2.0 km

Hospital

5.9 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

3.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 335,000

Welfare recipients

14.9 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

627 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

433

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Spaubeek has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+29%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
627 — far less densely populated than average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

Is Spaubeek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Spaubeek comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Spaubeek?

In Spaubeek the police recorded 123 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Spaubeek calculated?

Spaubeek scores 6.4 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Spaubeek lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.