neighbourhood in Eindhoven

Hemelrijken

4,100 residents · postal code 5612 · Part of Oud-Woensel, Eindhoven

Bottom 5% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

All four offence types in Hemelrijken are above the national median, violence at almost three times the rate. That explains the 2.8 for safety better than the overall figure does: this is not one type standing out but the full breadth.

The quiet & nature score of 2.6 comes from greenery. Under a quarter of the surroundings count as green, against more than half in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and that at over eleven thousand residents per square kilometre.

Against that stands a 9.6 for amenities: supermarket, restaurant and doctor are all within seven hundred metres and the railway station a little over a kilometre away. This is a neighbourhood in Eindhoven where access is everything and the surroundings are little.

no. 12,432 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 96 of 103 in Eindhoven

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Is Hemelrijken 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

56.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

24.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 322 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 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

€ 308,000

Welfare recipients

48.8 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

14%

Social housing

55%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

38%

Built after 2000

35%

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

11,119 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

4,823

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 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

16%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Hemelrijken has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 24%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2524%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+9%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
67% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,119 — 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 Hemelrijken a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Hemelrijken comes out at 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Hemelrijken 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 Hemelrijken?

In Hemelrijken the police recorded 322 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (56 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 Hemelrijken calculated?

Hemelrijken scores 2.9 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 Hemelrijken 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.