neighbourhood in Gennep

Zuid

4,000 residents · postal code 6591 · Part of Gennep, Gennep

Top 42% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

In Zuid the primary school is closer to home than the supermarket, and that is exactly the difference between the 8.0 for families and the 5.4 for amenities. Shops, GP and restaurant are all a good kilometre away here, the station almost nine.

The safety score of 7.3 is unusually evenly built up. Burglary is rare here and property crime is a third below the national level; only violence comes out slightly above. That is a different profile from most neighbourhoods with a comparable total, where one type tends to be the outlier. The 4.9 for wealth & income stands out alongside that, because the income distribution barely deviates from the national picture. What pushes the score down is the benefit rate, more than twice the national one, next to a property value below the median.

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no. 8 of 16 in Gennep

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Is Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuid comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

20.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 93 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

8.9 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

7.1 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 371,000

Welfare recipients

17.5 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

66%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

31%

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

2,661 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

59%

Trees nearby

22%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

961

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.7 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,661 — 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 Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuid comes out at 20 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 Zuid?

In Zuid the police recorded 93 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Zuid calculated?

Zuid scores 6.9 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 Zuid 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.