neighbourhood in Laarbeek

Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk

1,265 residents · postal code 5741 · Part of Beek en Donk, Laarbeek

Top 37% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

A countryside neighbourhood younger than the national average is not something you meet often, but in Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk almost half of the homes were built after 2000 and more than half of households include a child. The population is correspondingly young.

Wealth & income fits that picture: 8.7, with property values well above the national median, no social assistance in the statistics and more high and fewer low incomes than is usual nationally. Safety lags behind at 5.3, mainly because violence here is close to double the national middle; the other three types stay below it.

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no. 8 of 13 in Laarbeek

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Is Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

33.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 70 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

1.5 km

GP practice

1.9 km

Train station

8.4 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

5.4 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 556,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

81%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

Built after 2000

49%

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

100 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

402

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

1.5 km

Households with children

56%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

22%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1522%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+13%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
56% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
100 — far 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 Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk?

In Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk the police recorded 70 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk calculated?

Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk scores 7.2 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 Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk 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.