neighbourhood in Heerlen

Heerlerbaan-West

1,795 residents · postal code 6418 · Part of Heerlerbaan - Schil, Heerlen

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, except school and childcare

Heerlerbaan-West is the prosperous side of the Heerlerbaan: property values are above the national median, one and a half times as many households live on a high income as on average, and the rate of social assistance stays below the national middle. Only vacancy comes out slightly above it.

The 4.6 for families comes from another direction and has everything to do with distance: the nearest primary school is more than a kilometre away, and school distance is the heaviest component of that pillar. On top of that, more than a third of residents are 65 or older — this is a neighbourhood largely built up over recent decades, but where older people now predominate.

Noise is the most striking drawback: it is noticeably above the national middle, unusual at a population density this low.

no. 6,761 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 8 of 54 in Heerlen

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Is Heerlerbaan-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heerlerbaan-West comes out at 30 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

30.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

6.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 75 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 445,000

Welfare recipients

5.6 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

60%

Built after 2000

63%

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

1,259 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,290

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

1.3 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Heerlerbaan-West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+36%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,259 — far less 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-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heerlerbaan-West comes out at 30 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-West?

In Heerlerbaan-West the police recorded 75 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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-West calculated?

Heerlerbaan-West scores 6.1 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-West 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.