neighbourhood in Eindhoven

Lakerlopen

3,220 residents · postal code 5613 · Part of De Laak, Eindhoven

Bottom 8% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Lakerlopen is among the lowest-scoring neighbourhoods in the country, and the picture is strikingly even: safety, wealth and quiet all stay well below the middle and only the amenities stand out, with supermarket, GP and restaurant within six hundred metres.

The quiet and nature pillar has the clearest cause. A quarter of the surface within three hundred metres is green against a good half nationally, and noise exposure is well above the median. Living close to everything costs exactly that here.

The offences are mainly property crime, at more than one and a half times the national middle, but violence is well above it too — so this is not a place where only belongings go missing. On wealth it is notable that vacancy sits exactly at the national level; what depresses the pillar is property value, together with a social assistance rate more than triple that level.

no. 12,145 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 91 of 103 in Eindhoven

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Is Lakerlopen 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

36.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

15.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 330,000

Welfare recipients

24.8 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

39%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

56%

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

6,619 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

25%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,655

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.8 km

Households with children

20%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Lakerlopen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2516%
NL median 11%
25–4538%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
59% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,619 — 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 Lakerlopen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lakerlopen comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Lakerlopen 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 Lakerlopen?

In Lakerlopen the police recorded 171 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Lakerlopen calculated?

Lakerlopen scores 3.0 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 Lakerlopen 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.