neighbourhood in Gemert-Bakel

Handel

1,395 residents · postal code 5423 · Part of Handel, Gemert-Bakel

Top 35% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Fifteen kilometres to the nearest station: that is exceptionally far by Dutch standards, and it explains why Handel gets no further than 5.5 for amenities while GP, school and restaurant are all within a kilometre. The supermarket, too, means a drive of more than three kilometres.

Set against that is an 8.5 for quiet & nature, with far more tree canopy than is usual nationally and little traffic noise. The weak spot is wealth & income, at 4.8: the share of low incomes is above the national middle, high incomes below it and the social assistance rate at nearly double the median, while property values stay just under the national level. The safety is there — the crime figure is well below the national median, with only burglary slightly above.

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no. 10 of 24 in Gemert-Bakel

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Is Handel a safe neighbourhood?

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

13.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

6.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 16 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

3.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

15.2 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.0 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

3.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 406,000

Welfare recipients

14.3 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

23%

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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

2,215 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

69%

Trees nearby

27%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

248

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.

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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

33%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.4 km

Residents under 15

14%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,215 — 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 Handel a safe neighbourhood?

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

In Handel the police recorded 16 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 Handel calculated?

Handel scores 7.4 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 Handel 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.