neighbourhood in Heerlen

Rennemig

3,085 residents · postal code 6413 · Part of Rennemig - Beersdal, Heerlen

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Property values in Rennemig are less than half the national median. Together with a social assistance rate more than six times the national middle and almost half of households in the lowest income group, that brings the wealth & income pillar to a 2.8; only vacancy stays below the median.

The safety score of 3.7 comes from violence and vandalism, both well above the national median, and not from theft — which is in fact below it. That is the unfavourable half of the crime picture, because violence carries the heaviest weight in that pillar.

What the area does have is close at hand. Primary school, GP and supermarket are all within a kilometre, good for an 8.3 for amenities and an 8.6 for families — the highest figure here, and carried entirely by distance rather than by the number of children living there.

no. 10,646 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 26 of 54 in Heerlen

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Is Rennemig a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rennemig comes out at 31 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

31.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

8.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 115 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

0.6 km

Train station

2.6 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

5.0 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 184,000

Welfare recipients

51.9 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

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

4,886 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,635

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

2.3 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rennemig has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,886 — 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 Rennemig a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rennemig comes out at 31 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 Rennemig?

In Rennemig the police recorded 115 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Rennemig calculated?

Rennemig scores 3.9 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 Rennemig 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.