neighbourhood in Helmond

Kern Dierdonk

4,715 residents · postal code 5709 · Part of Dierdonk, Helmond

Top 1% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

Kern Dierdonk is among the hundred highest-scoring neighbourhoods in the Netherlands with a 10.0, and its weakest pillar is immediately the most interesting number: a 6.4 for amenities. The restaurant is almost two kilometres away, the station more than three. Everything this place does well, it does within its own boundaries.

The wealth pillar points the same way on every component: property value far above the national median, the top income group wide, the bottom one narrow, social assistance at a fraction of the median and practically no vacancy. That is rare — usually at least one component pushes back.

On crime, all four types are below the national median, violence and burglary far below. In a place where half of households have children and hardly anyone lives alone, that is the figure most buyers are after.

no. 61 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 1 of 42 in Helmond

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Is Kern Dierdonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kern Dierdonk comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Dierdonk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

11.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

3.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 61 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

0.7 km

Train station

3.6 km

Restaurant

1.9 km

Hospital

3.8 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

3.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 538,000

Welfare recipients

2.1 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

97%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

100%

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

3,278 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

63%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

730

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.7 km

Households with children

50%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kern Dierdonk has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2515%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6538%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
11% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,278 — 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 Kern Dierdonk a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Kern Dierdonk?

In Kern Dierdonk the police recorded 61 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Kern Dierdonk calculated?

Kern Dierdonk scores 10.0 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 Kern Dierdonk 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.