neighbourhood in Beekdaelen

Schinveld

4,585 residents · postal code 6451 · Part of Onderbanken, Beekdaelen

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Schinveld the wealth & income score of 3.3 points the same way on every component: property value far below the national median, the top income group thin, the bottom one broad, the social assistance rate high and vacancy larger than average. That last point is the most striking, because elsewhere vacancy is often the component that turns out fine.

The 4.1 for safety does not come from one type of offence. Violence, burglary and vandalism all three lie above the national median; only theft stays below. So this is not the picture of a neighbourhood where mainly things go missing, but something broader.

Set against that is space. Density is low, two thirds of the surroundings within three hundred metres is green and the tree canopy is nearly twice as thick as is usual nationally. Enough for a 7.3 for quiet & nature, despite a noise level above the median.

no. 9,290 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 28 in Beekdaelen

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Is Schinveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schinveld comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

32.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

7.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 189 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

9.3 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.6 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

€ 269,000

Welfare recipients

21.8 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

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

1,655 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

65%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

686

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

0.6 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

4.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Schinveld looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,655 — 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 Schinveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Schinveld comes out at 32 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 Schinveld?

In Schinveld the police recorded 189 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Schinveld calculated?

Schinveld scores 4.7 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 Schinveld 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.