neighbourhood in Echt-Susteren

Echt Noord

2,925 residents · postal code 6101 · Part of Echt, Echt-Susteren

Bottom 44% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Of the five components on which wealth & income is measured, only one comes out favourably in Echt Noord: vacancy, and that is the lightest of the five. Property values are far below the national median, higher incomes are scarce, lower ones amply represented. Social assistance runs at a multiple of the national rate. That is how a neighbourhood reaches a 3.8.

The reported offences tell a calmer story. The total stays well below the national median and property offences and criminal damage are both under it; violence and burglary are slightly above. That gives a 6.7.

With more than a quarter of residents over sixty-five and the primary school five hundred metres away, the families score comes to an 8.5 — a figure about the map, not about who lives here. Quiet & nature sticks at 3.2: little greenery, a thin tree canopy and no water.

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Is Echt Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Echt Noord comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Echt Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

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

Total crime

16.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

4.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 299,000

Welfare recipients

30.8 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

38%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

94%

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

3,380 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,177

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Echt Noord has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,380 — 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 Noord a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Echt Noord?

In Echt Noord the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Noord calculated?

Echt Noord scores 5.7 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 Echt Noord 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.