neighbourhood in Maasdriel
Hedel
4,540 residents · postal code 5321 · Part of Hedel, Maasdriel
School close by, shops further off
Not one pillar in Hedel stands out: all five scores fall between 5.4 and 6.5. That makes the neighbourhood easy to misread, because something is going on beneath that flat surface.
The number of reported offences is below the national median, but that comes down to a single item. Theft here is roughly half of what is usual nationally, while violence, burglary and vandalism all three edge above it. So the low total mainly says that little gets stolen, not that little happens.
The wealth & income pillar leans on a property value above the national median and on an income picture that compares slightly favourably; only the social assistance rate is a little above the median and vacancy sits exactly on it. What you give up in practice is distance: the railway station is almost eight kilometres away and the nearest restaurant more than one and a half.
- no. 6,567 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 24 in Maasdriel
How Hedel scores
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Is Hedel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hedel comes out at 18 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.
In 2025, 108 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
The age profile of Hedel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,739 — 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 Hedel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Hedel comes out at 18 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 Hedel?
In Hedel the police recorded 108 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Hedel calculated?
Hedel scores 6.2 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 Hedel 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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