neighbourhood in Heerlen
Giesenveld
1,780 residents · postal code 6418 · Part of Heerlerbaan - Schil, Heerlen
Everything close by, little to spend
Giesenveld has a wealth score of 3.6 while its income distribution barely deviates from the national picture. The explanation lies in two other components: property values lag far behind, and the rate of social assistance is more than four times the national median. That last figure is a sharper signal than the income picture suggests — a neighbourhood can have an ordinary middle group and at the same time a large group living on benefits.
The quiet & nature pillar comes out higher than the built-up area suggests. Noise levels are noticeably below the national middle and there is more greenery in the immediate surroundings than average, together good for a 7.0. Set against that is the distance to school: the nearest primary school is almost a kilometre away, and that distance is the heaviest component of the families score, which stalls at 6.9.
- no. 7,033 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 54 in Heerlen
How Giesenveld scores
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Is Giesenveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Giesenveld comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 45 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 Giesenveld looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,155 — 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 Giesenveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Giesenveld comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Giesenveld?
In Giesenveld the police recorded 45 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Giesenveld calculated?
Giesenveld scores 6.0 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 Giesenveld 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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