neighbourhood in Brunssum

De Eggen

1,735 residents · postal code 6442 · Part of Brunssum-Oost, Brunssum

Bottom 17% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

De Eggen shows two pillars that seem not to belong together: a 9.3 for families and a 2.7 for safety. The families figure follows from the school five hundred metres away and the large share of households with children. The safety figure follows from an offence rate almost twice the national median, with violence three times the middle and vandalism as well — so this is not only about disappearing possessions.

The wealth pillar stays at 2.6 through a property value that does not reach half the Dutch median and a social assistance rate eight times above it. Set against that is the quiet & nature pillar, which at 6.6 comes out strikingly high for a densely built neighbourhood: the tree canopy here is more than double what is usual nationally and noise is below the median.

no. 10,901 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 29 of 38 in Brunssum

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Is De Eggen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Eggen comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Eggen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

45.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

12.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 98 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

7.5 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 200,000

Welfare recipients

63.4 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

55%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

44%

Social housing

52%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

92%

Built after 2000

18%

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

4,663 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

23%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,614

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

0.5 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

De Eggen has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,663 — far more 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 De Eggen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Eggen comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Eggen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 De Eggen?

In De Eggen the police recorded 98 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 De Eggen calculated?

De Eggen scores 3.7 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 De Eggen 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.