neighbourhood in Landgraaf

Nieuwenhagerheide

3,040 residents · postal code 6373 · Part of Nieuwenhagen, Landgraaf

Top 41% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Safe and cheap — that is the short story of Nieuwenhagerheide. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit below the national median, burglary at a fraction of it, and that comes with a 9.2.

At the same time there is a 3.3 for wealth & income. Property values are far below the national median, few high-income households live here and many low-income ones, and the number of social assistance claims is five times the national median. Only vacancy is low: the homes are not empty, they are cheap.

Three in ten residents are 65 or older, while the primary school is around the corner. So that 7.7 for families comes from the distance, not from the number of children living here.

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no. 7 of 26 in Landgraaf

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Is Nieuwenhagerheide a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuwenhagerheide comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

19.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

6.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 66 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

2.4 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

6.4 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 249,000

Welfare recipients

39.5 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

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

4,408 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,525

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.5 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Nieuwenhagerheide has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,408 — 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 Nieuwenhagerheide a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuwenhagerheide comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Nieuwenhagerheide?

In Nieuwenhagerheide the police recorded 66 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Nieuwenhagerheide calculated?

Nieuwenhagerheide scores 7.0 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 Nieuwenhagerheide 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.