neighbourhood in Geldrop-Mierlo

Kerkakkers

3,020 residents · postal code 5731 · Part of Mierlo, Geldrop-Mierlo

Top 4% in the Netherlands

Safe, and nowhere really weak

The overall score for Kerkakkers rests on four pillars instead of five, because there is no figure for amenities and every distance is missing. That a neighbourhood without that pillar still ends up among the highest in the country says how strong the rest is.

The wealth & income figure too stands on less than its full set: the shares of high and low incomes and the vacancy rate are missing, so that 7.7 leans mainly on property value and social assistance. Property values are well above the national median and less social assistance is paid out than average, but whether that is the whole picture cannot be read from these figures.

What is complete is the setting. The tree canopy is more than twice as thick as nationally and there is more greenery around than in most Dutch neighbourhoods; that comes with a 7.4 for quiet & nature.

no. 409 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 14 in Geldrop-Mierlo

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Amenities

no grade

Too few figures are available for this area to give a grade.

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Is Kerkakkers a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kerkakkers comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kerkakkers 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.

Total crime

14.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 46 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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

€ 499,000

Welfare recipients

6.6 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

85%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

96%

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

2,856 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,058

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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.

Households with children

39%

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kerkakkers has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,856 — 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 Kerkakkers a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Kerkakkers?

In Kerkakkers the police recorded 46 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Kerkakkers calculated?

Kerkakkers scores 9.8 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 Kerkakkers 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.