neighbourhood in Beekdaelen
Hulsberg
3,070 residents · postal code 6336 · Part of Hulsberg, Beekdaelen
Safe, but few children
Remarkably few people live in Hulsberg across a lot of land, and that shows in the violence figure: it stands at a fraction of the national median. Together with burglary, theft and vandalism, which all three also stay below it, that produces a 9.4 for safety.
Quiet & nature follows less closely than you might expect. Greenery close by is well above the national middle and the noise level below it, but tree canopy lags the median, and that holds the pillar at a 6.6.
The weak spot is the families pillar, at a 5.0. The primary school is close, so distance is not the cause: almost three in ten residents are 65 or older and the share of children stays below the national picture. This is a village ageing slowly, and the figures show it before the street does.
- no. 2,462 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 28 in Beekdaelen
How Hulsberg scores
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Is Hulsberg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hulsberg comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hulsberg is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 62 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Hulsberg has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
874 — 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 Hulsberg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hulsberg comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Hulsberg is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Hulsberg?
In Hulsberg the police recorded 62 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Hulsberg calculated?
Hulsberg scores 8.6 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 Hulsberg 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.
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