neighbourhood in Echt-Susteren

Nieuwstadt Centrum

1,795 residents · postal code 6118 · Part of Nieuwstadt, Echt-Susteren

Top 49% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Of the four offence types that determine the safety figure, exactly one sits above the national middle in Nieuwstadt Centrum: vandalism. Violence and burglary occur clearly less often than average, which is why the pillar holds at a 7.8 despite that outlier. Vandalism is visible in public space, but it says little about the odds of your home being broken into.

The weak spot is financial, and it is uneven. Property values are well below the national median and the share on social assistance above it, while the highest income group is actually a little better represented here than nationally. That combination produces a 4.8 that says more about the housing stock than about the households.

For daily life this is a village centre that works: shop, GP and school are all within a kilometre, with the station a few kilometres beyond that.

no. 6,377 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 37 in Echt-Susteren

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Is Nieuwstadt Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuwstadt Centrum comes out at 21 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

21.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

7.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 45 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

7.1 km

Café

3.2 km

Library

4.9 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 316,000

Welfare recipients

11.1 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

83%

Social housing

10%

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

2,448 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

437

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

0.8 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

4.7 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Nieuwstadt Centrum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,448 — around the 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 Nieuwstadt Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuwstadt Centrum comes out at 21 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 Nieuwstadt Centrum?

In Nieuwstadt Centrum the police recorded 45 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Nieuwstadt Centrum calculated?

Nieuwstadt Centrum scores 6.3 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 Nieuwstadt 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.