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neighbourhood in Kerkrade

Eygelshoven-Kom

2,120 residents · postal code 6471 · Part of Kerkrade-Noord, Kerkrade

  • no. 10,747 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 4 of 17 in Kerkrade

Scores per pillar

Eygelshoven-Kom is the old mining village within Kerkrade, with its own station 800 metres away and everything walkable — amenities score 9.5. But the €197k average property value is nearly the country's lowest, a third of residents are over 65 and crime runs above the median at over 40 incidents per 1,000 people present. Overall: 3.8.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
3.6 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
0.8 km
Hospital
3.8 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
0.6 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
40.6
Violent crimes
2.6
Burglaries
0.4

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 197,000
Owner-occupied
49%
Single-family homes
45%
Built after 2000
11%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 10%15–25 7%25–45 23%45–65 27%65+ 33%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
20%
Single-person households
52%
Residents per km²
1,715

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Eygelshoven-Kom calculated?

Eygelshoven-Kom scores 3.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Eygelshoven-Kom a safe neighbourhood?

Eygelshoven-Kom scores 5.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (40.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.