neighbourhood in Leudal

Kern Heythuysen

5,755 residents · postal code 6093 · Part of Heythuysen, Leudal

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Kern Heythuysen is ageing, and that shows in two figures at once. One in three residents is 65 or older, the share of children lies far below that, and the primary school is over a kilometre away. Both halves of the families pillar — the distance and the children themselves — point down; the 4.6 is not a measurement error.

The 4.4 for wealth rests mainly on the property value, which lies considerably below the national middle and counts most heavily in that pillar. The income distribution deviates only modestly and no more stands vacant than usual; what stands out is the social assistance figure, which comes out well above the national median. What the neighbourhood sets against that is a low offence figure: burglary and property crime occur clearly less often here than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and violence lies just below the middle.

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no. 19 of 32 in Leudal

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Is Kern Heythuysen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kern Heythuysen comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

21.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

7.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 158 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

11.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

12.0 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.1 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

€ 337,000

Welfare recipients

13.9 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

76%

Built after 2000

20%

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

2,428 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

748

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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

1.1 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

1.1 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kern Heythuysen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+33%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,428 — around the 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 Kern Heythuysen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kern Heythuysen comes out at 22 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 Kern Heythuysen?

In Kern Heythuysen the police recorded 158 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Kern Heythuysen calculated?

Kern Heythuysen scores 5.2 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 Kern Heythuysen 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.