neighbourhood in Eersel
Vessem-kom
1,825 residents · postal code 5512 · Part of Vessem, Eersel
Safe, but few children
Violence, property crime and vandalism in Vessem-kom are all well below the national median; only burglary is slightly above it. That produces a 9.0 for safety, and the violence figure is the most telling of them: less than a quarter of the Dutch middle.
The families pillar stalls at 5.5, and that does not come from the school. It is six hundred metres away. It lies in the population: more than a quarter of residents are 65 or older and the share of children stays below the national picture. The school is close, but there are fewer children to use it.
The tree canopy here is twice as dense as is usual nationally, which together with low noise levels carries the 8.1 for quiet & nature. The railway station, by contrast, is more than fourteen kilometres away.
- no. 2,186 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 23 in Eersel
How Vessem-kom scores
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Is Vessem-kom a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vessem-kom comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Vessem-kom is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 25 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Vessem-kom looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,130 — far less 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 Vessem-kom a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vessem-kom comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Vessem-kom is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Vessem-kom?
In Vessem-kom the police recorded 25 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Vessem-kom calculated?
Vessem-kom scores 8.7 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 Vessem-kom 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.
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