neighbourhood in Brunssum

Treebeek-Zuid

1,810 residents · postal code 6446 · Part of Brunssum-West, Brunssum

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Treebeek-Zuid property value is about half the Dutch median, more than half of households are in the lowest income group and the social assistance rate is six times the national middle. Only vacancy points the other way. That 2.9 for wealth & income is confirmed by virtually every component.

The safety score of 4.0 is more nuanced than it looks. The total offence rate is well above the median, but that comes from violence and vandalism — both roughly double the national middle — while burglary is below it and property crime barely above. What the neighbourhood offers in practice is proximity: supermarket, restaurant and primary school are all within six hundred metres, and that carries the 7.8 for families.

no. 10,594 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 27 of 38 in Brunssum

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Is Treebeek-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

36.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 83 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

1.1 km

Train station

4.5 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 215,000

Welfare recipients

49.7 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

53%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

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

3,999 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,410

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

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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

0.4 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Treebeek-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,999 — 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 Treebeek-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Treebeek-Zuid comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Treebeek-Zuid 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 Treebeek-Zuid?

In Treebeek-Zuid the police recorded 83 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Treebeek-Zuid calculated?

Treebeek-Zuid scores 3.9 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 Treebeek-Zuid 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.