neighbourhood in Kerkrade
Kaalheide
2,740 residents · postal code 6466 · Part of Kerkrade-West, Kerkrade
Everything close by, little to spend
In Kaalheide four of the five wealth components point the same way, and the fifth is the exception worth naming. Property value sits at half the national median, high incomes are rare, low incomes numerous and the social assistance rate a multiple of the national figure — but vacancy stays below it. The homes are cheap and they are not standing empty.
On safety there is no such exception: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit above the national median. No single type can be singled out to explain the score on its own.
The 5.6 for quiet and nature comes from two directions at once. Greenery within three hundred metres and the tree canopy are above the national level and population density is low, but noise is above the median and open water is absent.
- no. 11,303 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 17 in Kerkrade
How Kaalheide scores
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Is Kaalheide a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kaalheide comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Kaalheide is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 131 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
The age profile of Kaalheide looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,031 — 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 Kaalheide a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kaalheide comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Kaalheide is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Kaalheide?
In Kaalheide the police recorded 131 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (39 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 Kaalheide calculated?
Kaalheide scores 3.5 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 Kaalheide 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Kerkrade.
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