neighbourhood in Gennep
Milsbeek
2,190 residents · postal code 6596 · Part of Milsbeek, Gennep
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Milsbeek is, statistically, almost exactly the Netherlands. The share of households with a high income sits exactly on the national median, the share with a low income too, the property value differs by a fraction and the measured noise level lands on the median. Only the social assistance rate is above the middle, and that is what keeps the wealth & income pillar at 5.8 rather than higher.
Where the neighbourhood does stand out is greenery: three quarters of the ground around it counts as green, far above the national level, at a density that is a fraction of most village neighbourhoods.
The flip side sits with families. Almost a third of residents are 65 or over and few children live here; with the school six hundred metres away it is still a 5.9, which shows how heavily distance weighs in that pillar.
- no. 5,224 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 16 in Gennep
How Milsbeek scores
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Is Milsbeek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Milsbeek comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 50 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Milsbeek has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,982 — less 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 Milsbeek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Milsbeek comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Milsbeek?
In Milsbeek the police recorded 50 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Milsbeek calculated?
Milsbeek scores 7.0 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 Milsbeek 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.
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