neighbourhood in Kerkrade
Spekholzerheide
3,215 residents · postal code 6466 · Part of Kerkrade-West, Kerkrade
Everything close by, little to spend
Recorded offences in Spekholzerheide run at more than double the national median, but the composition is unusual: burglary comes out at a fraction of the national middle, while property crime is more than three times above it. Violence is close to double, so this is not a pure theft picture.
Property value is the figure that sets the wealth pillar, and here it is half the national median. Every other component points the same way: few high incomes, many low ones, social assistance at more than double and vacancy above the middle.
People here live spaciously and old at the same time. Density is low for a neighbourhood with this crime rate, almost half of households are single-person, and nearly a third of residents are 65 or over — the last of which depresses the families pillar despite a school six hundred metres away.
- no. 11,908 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 17 of 17 in Kerkrade
How Spekholzerheide scores
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Is Spekholzerheide a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Spekholzerheide comes out at 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Spekholzerheide 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, 337 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
Spekholzerheide has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,656 — 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 Spekholzerheide a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Spekholzerheide comes out at 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Spekholzerheide 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 Spekholzerheide?
In Spekholzerheide the police recorded 337 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (63 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 Spekholzerheide calculated?
Spekholzerheide scores 3.2 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 Spekholzerheide 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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