neighbourhood in Kerkrade

Haanrade

2,045 residents · postal code 6464 · Part of Kerkrade-Noord, Kerkrade

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Haanrade earns a 9.4 for quiet & nature, and that score is earned on every component: a fifth of the surroundings stands under trees against less than a tenth nationally, green cover is above the median, noise is more than five decibels below it, and fewer than fifteen hundred people live here per square kilometre.

Against that stands a 3.9 for families, and that comes from distance: the primary school is more than a kilometre away, and that is the heaviest component of the pillar. The share of households with children is also below the national median. Among offences exactly one item is out of step: violence is recorded here more than twice as often as nationally, while burglary, property crime and vandalism all three stay below the median. That explains why the safety score stalls at 5.2 even though the total is only slightly above the median.

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Is Haanrade a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haanrade comes out at 27 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

26.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

8.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 66 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

1.8 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

3.1 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

€ 248,000

Welfare recipients

19.6 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

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

1,466 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

64%

Trees nearby

20%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

954

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

1.2 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

1.3 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Haanrade has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 7%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,466 — 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 Haanrade a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haanrade comes out at 27 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 Haanrade?

In Haanrade the police recorded 66 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Haanrade calculated?

Haanrade scores 4.4 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 Haanrade 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.