neighbourhood in Heerlen
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.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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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.