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neighbourhood in Laarbeek

Beek

5,760 residents · postal code 5741 · Part of Beek en Donk, Laarbeek

  • no. 5,419 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 10 of 13 in Laarbeek

Scores per pillar

Families set the tone in Beek, part of Laarbeek: 88 percent of homes are single-family and nearly four in ten households include children. Amenities (7.7) and safety (7.1) both sit above the national middle, and with fewer than 19 crimes per thousand residents the area counts among the country's quieter corners. Property values are unremarkable at €399,000. Social cohesion lags at 4.9.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.9 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
8.0 km
Hospital
5.9 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
1.1 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
18.9
Violent crimes
1.1
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 399,000
Owner-occupied
68%
Single-family homes
88%
Built after 2000
28%
Income per resident
€ 32,000

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 11%25–45 25%45–65 25%65+ 22%
Average household size
2.3
Households with children
38%
Single-person households
31%
Residents per km²
3,209

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Beek calculated?

Beek scores 6.9 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Beek a safe neighbourhood?

Beek scores 7.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.