neighbourhood in Heerlen
Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving
1,925 residents · postal code 6416 · Part of Molenberg, Heerlen
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Almost one in ten residents of Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving lives on social assistance, more than twelve times the national ratio, and the other parts of the wealth pillar point the same way: a low property value, few households on a high income and many on a low one. Only vacancy sits exactly on the national middle. The 2.5 for wealth is therefore not one component running off but a sum of parts.
The 8.5 for families is earned on substance here and not on distance alone: the school is close by, but more children live here than is usual nationally. That is the tension in this neighbourhood — a young population in a place where the money is missing. The safety pillar lags at 3.7 because violence, burglary and vandalism are all three above the national median; only property crime stays below it.
- no. 11,084 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 30 of 54 in Heerlen
How Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving scores
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Is Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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, 78 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
Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,977 — far 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 Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving?
In Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving the police recorded 78 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving calculated?
Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving scores 3.6 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 Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving 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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