neighbourhood in Heerlen

Heerlerbaan-Oost

3,995 residents · postal code 6418 · Part of Heerlerbaan - Centrum, Heerlen

Bottom 12% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A property value some two hundred and seventy thousand below the national median is exceptional, and in Heerlerbaan-Oost it carries the wealth & income score of 2.6 almost single-handedly. Incomes and benefits point the same way; only the vacancy rate is below the national median.

Against that stands a 9.3 for amenities, and it is just as clear-cut: supermarket, GP and primary school are all a few hundred metres away. Anyone living here has everything within walking distance, and that is also what the area has to offer — one in three residents is 65 or older, which makes those distances matter more than the price of a house.

no. 11,524 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 38 of 54 in Heerlen

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Is Heerlerbaan-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heerlerbaan-Oost comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

34.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

15.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 164 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

4.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.2 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 169,000

Welfare recipients

62.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

55%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

17%

Social housing

78%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

49%

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

5,808 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,865

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

0.5 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Heerlerbaan-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,808 — 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 Heerlerbaan-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heerlerbaan-Oost comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Heerlerbaan-Oost?

In Heerlerbaan-Oost the police recorded 164 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Heerlerbaan-Oost calculated?

Heerlerbaan-Oost scores 3.4 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 Heerlerbaan-Oost 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.