neighbourhood in Heerlen

Mariarade-Noord

1,830 residents · postal code 6431 · Part of Mariarade, Heerlen

Bottom 33% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Mariarade-Noord scores 8.4 for families and 3.0 for wealth & income, and in that same neighbourhood only a little over a quarter of households are households with children. So that families figure comes above all from the primary school four hundred metres away, not from the population structure — almost a third of residents here are over sixty-five.

The wealth figure, by contrast, shows up everywhere: property value is about half the Dutch median, the share of high incomes a little over half the national middle and the social assistance rate more than three times above it. The number of reported offences lands almost exactly on the national median; only violence clearly rises above, and that is where the 6.3 for safety comes from.

no. 8,805 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 15 of 54 in Heerlen

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Is Mariarade-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Mariarade-Noord comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

24.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 49 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

4.8 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 213,000

Welfare recipients

27.3 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

59%

Social housing

34%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

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

3,748 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,976

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

0.4 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Mariarade-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,748 — 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 Mariarade-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Mariarade-Noord comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Mariarade-Noord?

In Mariarade-Noord the police recorded 49 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Mariarade-Noord calculated?

Mariarade-Noord scores 4.9 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 Mariarade-Noord 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.