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Heerlen-Centrum

2,390 residents · postal code 6411 · Part of Heerlen-Centrum, Heerlen

  • no. 12,008 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 28 of 54 in Heerlen

Scores per pillar

Few neighbourhoods stretch as wide as Heerlen-Centrum: amenities score a 9.6 while housing collapses to a 2.6. This is a true city centre — 66 per cent single-person households, barely 5 per cent single-family homes and an average home worth €216,000, far below the national middle. The cost shows in the crime figure: 183 offences per 1,000 people present, almost eight times the median, with safety stuck at a 3.5. It skews old, too, a third over 65.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
1.2 km
Secondary school
0.8 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
0.9 km
Hospital
3.3 km
Restaurant
0.2 km
Café
0.2 km
Library
0.5 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
182.8
Violent crimes
14.5
Burglaries
0.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 216,000
Owner-occupied
29%
Single-family homes
5%
Built after 2000
13%
Income per resident
€ 33,000

Who lives here

0–15 4%15–25 11%25–45 30%45–65 22%65+ 33%
Average household size
1.4
Households with children
7%
Single-person households
66%
Residents per km²
5,682

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Heerlen-Centrum calculated?

Heerlen-Centrum scores 3.1 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Heerlen-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

Heerlen-Centrum scores 3.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (182.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.