neighbourhood in Heumen
Overasselt
1,790 residents · postal code 6611 · Part of Overasselt, Heumen
Safe, but few children
The 9.4 for safety in Overasselt rests on a clean set of figures: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism all sit below the national median, and burglary is almost absent. What that delivers in practice is peace of mind on the street; what it does not solve is travel time. The nearest railway station is almost eight kilometres away, and that is why a village with a shop, a GP and a school around the corner still gets no further than a 7.2 for amenities.
The 5.3 for families is the most striking figure. The primary school is within walking distance, so this does not come from distance but from the age structure: a third of Overasselt is 65 or older. Wealth & income stays around the middle with a 6.0, and that picture is mixed. Property value sits close to the national median and there is hardly any vacancy, but the share of social assistance is above the Dutch level.
- no. 2,654 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 16 in Heumen
How Overasselt scores
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Is Overasselt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Overasselt comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Overasselt 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.
In 2025, 29 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Overasselt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+33%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,406 — around the 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 Overasselt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Overasselt comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Overasselt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Overasselt?
In Overasselt the police recorded 29 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Overasselt calculated?
Overasselt scores 8.5 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 Overasselt 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.
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