neighbourhood in Echt-Susteren

Echt Centrum

3,380 residents · postal code 6101 · Part of Echt, Echt-Susteren

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Few places in the Netherlands have their amenities packed so closely together as Echt Centrum: with a 9.8 the neighbourhood ranks near the top of the country, and the supermarket, primary school and station are all within walking distance. For people getting older that counts for a lot, and a third of residents here are 65 or over.

The flip side is in the other pillars. Quiet & nature gets no further than a 3.3: density is high and greenery is missing from the immediate surroundings. And with a 3.1 the wealth & income score lags on every component — property value is far below the national median, the social assistance rate is triple the national one, the top income group is thin and vacancy is above average. Having everything within reach is no guarantee of a prosperous centre.

no. 9,803 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 19 of 37 in Echt-Susteren

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Is Echt Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Echt Centrum comes out at 35 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

34.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

15.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 171 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.7 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

€ 276,000

Welfare recipients

23.7 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

50%

Built after 2000

19%

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

3,731 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,407

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

23%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Echt Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+33%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,731 — 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 Echt Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Echt Centrum comes out at 35 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 Echt Centrum?

In Echt Centrum the police recorded 171 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (35 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 Echt Centrum calculated?

Echt Centrum scores 4.4 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 Echt Centrum 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.