neighbourhood in Kerkrade

Rolduckerveld

2,110 residents · postal code 6461 · Part of Kerkrade-Oost, Kerkrade

Bottom 24% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Almost a fifth of the housing stock in Rolduckerveld is vacant, against roughly a twentieth nationally. Combined with a property value in the lowest bracket and social assistance at more than six times the median, that produces a 2.5 — one of the lowest wealth & income scores in the country.

The 7.9 for quiet & nature comes from an entirely different direction. The tree canopy here is nearly twice as dense as the national norm, the sound level is a good six decibels below the median, and population density is low. That is no side detail: those three are among the five components that make up the pillar.

On safety, every one of the four categories of offence sits above the national median, with violence and vandalism the sharpest. A pattern with no exception at all is uncommon in the Netherlands.

no. 10,038 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 7 of 17 in Kerkrade

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Is Rolduckerveld a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

53.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

8.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

16.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

7.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 140 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 163,000

Welfare recipients

52.1 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

55%

Vacancy

19%

Owner-occupied

23%

Social housing

71%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

33%

Built after 2000

19%

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

1,716 inw/km²

Noise level

45 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,243

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

0.4 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,716 — 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 Rolduckerveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rolduckerveld comes out at 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Rolduckerveld 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 Rolduckerveld?

In Rolduckerveld the police recorded 140 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (53 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 Rolduckerveld calculated?

Rolduckerveld scores 4.2 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 Rolduckerveld 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.