neighbourhood in Kerkrade

Heilust

2,560 residents · postal code 6466 · Part of Kerkrade-West, Kerkrade

Bottom 15% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The property value in Heilust comes to around half the national median, the share of high incomes to just over a third of normal, and the rate of social assistance to more than seven times the national middle. Every wealth component points the same way, and at 2.7 this pillar is among the lowest in the country.

That makes the 9.1 for amenities all the more striking: GP and restaurant are four hundred metres away, supermarket and school eight hundred. Poor accessibility is not the problem here.

The safety score of 4.8 is more nuanced than the total report figure suggests. Property crime sits exactly on the national median here and burglary below it; what pushes the score down is violence and vandalism, both above the national middle. For a resident that means less theft than average, and more on the street.

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no. 14 of 17 in Kerkrade

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Is Heilust a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heilust comes out at 33 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

33.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

9.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 103 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.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.4 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

€ 208,000

Welfare recipients

58.6 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

55%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

34%

Social housing

60%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

13%

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

3,777 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,800

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

0.8 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

3.9 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Heilust looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,777 — 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 Heilust a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heilust comes out at 33 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 Heilust?

In Heilust the police recorded 103 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Heilust calculated?

Heilust scores 3.6 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 Heilust 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.