neighbourhood in Heerlen

Eikenderveld

2,540 residents · postal code 6411 · Part of Eikenderveld, Heerlen

Bottom 1% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Property values in Eikenderveld are under 170,000 euros, well below the national median, and that is the most visible sign of a wealth & income pillar in which every component works against the neighbourhood at once: almost seven times as much social assistance as is usual nationally, half of households in the lowest income group, and high incomes that are barely present. The pillar stops at 2.6.

On safety there is no bright spot either. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit above the national midpoint, and it is theft and violence that push the score down to 2.8.

Amenities partly rescue the picture: the primary school and the station are close by, shop and doctor slightly further, together good for a 7.1. But the traffic noise that comes with it is the highest figure in this neighbourhood's quiet & nature profile.

no. 12,954 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 54 in Heerlen

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Is Eikenderveld a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

51.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

17.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 166 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

1.3 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

3.7 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 168,000

Welfare recipients

55.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

61%

Built after 2000

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

6,597 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,135

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.6 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,597 — 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 Eikenderveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Eikenderveld comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Eikenderveld is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Eikenderveld?

In Eikenderveld the police recorded 166 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (52 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 Eikenderveld calculated?

Eikenderveld scores 2.6 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 Eikenderveld 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.