neighbourhood in Kerkrade

Nulland

2,900 residents · postal code 6462 · Part of Kerkrade-Oost, Kerkrade

Bottom 18% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Nulland is one of those neighbourhoods where the low safety score really is about the street. Violence runs at more than double the national middle value and vandalism at more than double as well; only burglary stays below it. That is a different profile from a centre where mainly bicycles and phones disappear, and it explains the 4.0.

Wealth and income comes out at 2.9, and it looks poor across the full width: property value is less than half the Dutch middle value, the top income group is half as broad as nationally, the bottom one much broader, and the social assistance rate runs at more than four times the national level. Only vacancy stays below the Dutch middle.

Set against that is an 8.9 for amenities. Supermarket, GP and restaurant are all three within a kilometre and the station less than two. What is lacking here is not access.

no. 10,751 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 17 in Kerkrade

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Is Nulland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nulland comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nulland 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.

Total crime

37.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

12.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 132 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 199,000

Welfare recipients

34.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

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

4,118 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,447

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.3 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

28%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,118 — 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 Nulland a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nulland comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nulland 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 Nulland?

In Nulland the police recorded 132 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Nulland calculated?

Nulland scores 3.8 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 Nulland 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.