neighbourhood in Geldrop-Mierlo

Akert

2,260 residents · postal code 5664 · Part of Geldrop, Geldrop-Mierlo

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Just over a fifth of Akert lies under tree canopy, two and a half times as much as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and together with greenery well above the median that yields a 6.9 for quiet & nature.

Beneath it lies an area struggling on the other fronts. The wealth & income pillar comes to a 3.8 and no component points the other way: property values below the national middle, social assistance at more than twice the median, few high and many low incomes, and more vacancy than usual. The safety pillar too stops at a 4.2, with violence at almost double the national rate — this is not merely a matter of belongings going missing.

The population explains part of it: more than half of households consist of one person and a quarter of residents are over 65, while hardly a home dates from after the turn of the century. This is an older neighbourhood in both senses of the word.

no. 8,157 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 11 of 14 in Geldrop-Mierlo

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Is Akert a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Akert comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Akert is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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

38.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

12.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 116 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

1.3 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 333,000

Welfare recipients

17.7 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

47%

Social housing

37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

49%

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

2,242 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,595

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.4 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

2.6 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Akert has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,242 — 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 Akert a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Akert comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Akert 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 Akert?

In Akert the police recorded 116 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Akert calculated?

Akert scores 5.3 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 Akert 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.