neighbourhood in Heerlen

Heksenberg

2,450 residents · postal code 6414 · Part of Heksenberg, Heerlen

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The total number of recorded offences in Heksenberg is well above the national median, and yet there is a 7.2 for safety. The breakdown explains it: violence and burglary are clearly below the Dutch average, theft sits exactly on it, and only vandalism stands out. The two heaviest components of that pillar therefore point down.

Wealth & income is the problem, at a 3.2. The property value is about half the national median, the share of households on a high income little more than half of that, and the social assistance rate more than three times the national middle; only the vacancy rate sits at the average. Against that stands a 7.5 for quiet & nature, with plenty of water and a dense tree canopy.

no. 6,043 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 54 in Heerlen

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Is Heksenberg a safe neighbourhood?

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

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

33.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

9.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 107 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

3.5 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

€ 206,000

Welfare recipients

24.5 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

80%

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

3,210 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

10%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,256

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

0.4 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Heksenberg looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,210 — 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 Heksenberg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heksenberg comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. Even so, the safety grade at the top of this page is 7.2. That grade weighs violence and burglary most heavily, and both are low here: of the 34 records per 1,000, 1.2 is violence. What gets counted is mostly theft — the picture of a business park or shopping area, not of an unsafe residential street. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Heksenberg?

In Heksenberg the police recorded 107 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 Heksenberg calculated?

Heksenberg scores 6.5 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 Heksenberg 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.