neighbourhood in Kerkrade

Gracht

2,010 residents · postal code 6465 · Part of Kerkrade-West, Kerkrade

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

In Gracht the number of reported offences is higher than the national figure, yet none of the four broken-out types explains it. Violence is only just above the national median, vandalism sits exactly on it, theft and burglary fall below — together they do not cover half the total. The 6.5 for safety therefore does not come from one recognisable problem.

What does mark this part of Kerkrade-West is wealth & income: a 3.2, with a property value less than half the national median, few high-income households and a rate of social assistance almost four times the national one. Vacancy here is low too, so the homes are lived in.

The quiet & nature pillar shows what a score can hide. Greenery in the surroundings is above the national median, but traffic noise is eight decibels above it, and that holds the figure to 5.8.

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Is Gracht a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gracht comes out at 30 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

30.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

8.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 69 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.9 km

Train station

3.7 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

4.3 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 200,000

Welfare recipients

29.9 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

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

1,159 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

61%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

925

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 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

31%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

4.7 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Gracht has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 8%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,159 — far less 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 Gracht a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gracht comes out at 30 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 Gracht?

In Gracht the police recorded 69 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Gracht calculated?

Gracht 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 Gracht 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.