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Beesel

2,080 residents · postal code 5954 · Part of Beesel, Beesel

Top 27% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Beesel is a Limburg village with room to breathe: at just over eleven hundred residents per square kilometre, it is the least densely built neighbourhood in this group. Space & quiet scores 7.6 and safety 8.7, with 17 offences per 1,000 people present. Nine in ten homes are single-family houses and more than three-quarters are owned. Prices stay reasonable at 377,000 euro. The nearest supermarket, though, is a three-kilometre drive away.

  • no. 3,452 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 2 of 8 in Beesel

How Beesel scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
16.7 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.3 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.1 per 1,000
Property crime
3.6 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 38 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.
Supermarket
3.1 km
GP practice
0.7 km
Train station
3.3 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Hospital
3.6 km
Café
1.5 km
Library
3.2 km
Motorway ramp
2.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Beesel

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.
Property value
€ 377,000
Welfare recipients
4.8 per 1,000
High incomes
20%
Low incomes
40%
Vacancy
3%
Owner-occupied
77%
Social housing
16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
92%
Built after 2000
11%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
1,110 inw/km²
Noise level
44 dB
Green surroundings
52%
Trees nearby
10%
Water share
3%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
296
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.7 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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Beesel

The figures

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
31%
Childcare
0.6 km
Secondary school
3.4 km
Residents under 15
12%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Beesel

Who lives here

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

Age profile

  • 0–1512%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2510%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4520%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6532%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+27%

    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

    2.2around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    29%around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    31%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    1,110far 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

How is the grade for Beesel calculated?

Beesel scores 8.0 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Beesel lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Beesel a safe neighbourhood?

Beesel scores 8.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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