neighbourhood in Heerlen
Egstraat en omgeving
1,955 residents · postal code 6418 · Part of Heerlerbaan - Schil, Heerlen
Safe streets, thinner wallets
A 9.3 for safety in Egstraat en omgeving conceals one outlier: vandalism occurs here almost three times as often as nationally. The score still comes out high because violence and burglary — together almost sixty per cent of the pillar — are far below the middle. Residents will notice that difference: the risk lies in what gets broken outside, not in what happens indoors.
Wealth lags at 4.7, but not across the board. The share of households on a low income is below the national picture and vacancy is lower than average; it is the property value that pushes the score down. For a buyer that means something other than poverty — homes here are simply cheaper than in the rest of the country, in a neighbourhood where not a single home dates from after 2000.
- no. 3,139 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 54 in Heerlen
How Egstraat en omgeving scores
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Is Egstraat en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Egstraat en omgeving 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 figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 41 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
The age profile of Egstraat en omgeving looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,580 — 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 Egstraat en omgeving a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Egstraat en omgeving 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 Egstraat en omgeving?
In Egstraat en omgeving the police recorded 41 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 Egstraat en omgeving calculated?
Egstraat en omgeving scores 8.2 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 Egstraat 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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