neighbourhood in Brunssum

Klingbemden

505 residents · postal code 6441 · Part of Brunssum-Noord, Brunssum

Bottom 39% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Klingbemden has just over five hundred residents, and at that scale the crime rate is a blunt instrument: a few reports already shift the picture. As it stands, the total is below the national median, but violence and burglary are both above it — those two weigh the most in the safety pillar, and that is where the 5.6 comes from.

More striking is the vacancy: almost one in eleven homes stands empty, more than twice the national middle, in a neighbourhood where nearly every home is owner-occupied. Otherwise the wealth picture is average to slightly favourable — no recorded social assistance and somewhat more high incomes than nationally — with only property value below the median. Almost a third of residents are over sixty-five.

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no. 11 of 38 in Brunssum

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Is Klingbemden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Klingbemden comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 5 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

0.8 km

Train station

7.6 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 325,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

94%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

100%

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

3,620 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,254

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

0.7 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Klingbemden has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,620 — 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 Klingbemden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Klingbemden comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Klingbemden?

In Klingbemden the police recorded 5 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Klingbemden calculated?

Klingbemden scores 5.4 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 Klingbemden 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.