neighbourhood in Geldrop-Mierlo

Skandia

3,130 residents · postal code 5662 · Part of Geldrop, Geldrop-Mierlo

Top 2% in the Netherlands

Safe, and nowhere really weak

Skandia sits among the two hundred and fifty highest-scoring neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, and that is because there is no weak spot in it: no pillar drops below a 7.2. Burglary hardly occurs here, and violence, property crime and vandalism all lie below the national middle.

What keeps the area from an even higher figure is the GP, one and a half kilometres away, and the restaurant at just over a kilometre. In the amenities pillar the GP is the heaviest component after the supermarket, and that is exactly the difference between this 7.2 and the top.

The wealth & income column is favourable without outliers: property value slightly above the national median, high incomes more common than nationally, low incomes less so, and the rate of social assistance under half the national level. Vacancy stays beneath it too — five components all pointing the same way.

no. 249 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 14 in Geldrop-Mierlo

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Is Skandia a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Skandia comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Skandia 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

15.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

4.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 56 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

3.3 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

€ 435,000

Welfare recipients

3.2 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

92%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

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

3,038 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

18%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,189

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.6 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Skandia looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,038 — 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 Skandia a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Skandia comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Skandia 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 Skandia?

In Skandia the police recorded 56 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Skandia calculated?

Skandia scores 9.9 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 Skandia 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.