neighbourhood in Maashorst

Melle

3,960 residents · postal code 5403 · Part of Uden, Maashorst

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Melle scores a 9.8 for families, and that figure is unusually well founded here: the primary school is nearby and more than four in ten households have children. Usually distance carries such a figure on its own; here both sides of the pillar move together.

The 4.9 for safety does not come from theft — that is below the national median. Vandalism is the outlier, more than twice the median, with violence slightly above. That is a different profile from the city neighbourhoods where vanished bicycles push the offence count up.

Wealth & income stays at a 4.6. Property values are below the national median, high incomes are thin on the ground and the social assistance rate is more than double the national figure; only vacancy is strikingly low.

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no. 17 of 38 in Maashorst

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Is Melle a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Melle comes out at 32 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

32.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

7.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 161 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

15.7 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 345,000

Welfare recipients

20.2 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

94%

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

4,763 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,442

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.4 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Melle looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,763 — 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 Melle a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Melle comes out at 32 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 Melle?

In Melle the police recorded 161 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Melle calculated?

Melle scores 6.1 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 Melle 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.