neighbourhood in Meerssen

Bunde

5,085 residents · postal code 6241 · Part of Bunde - Geulle, Meerssen

Top 2% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

A 9.9 as an overall score is exceptional, and in Bunde that is not because one pillar shoots out but because not a single one collapses. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four lie below the Dutch median — rare, because usually one type does stick out.

The lowest figure, a 6.7 for wealth, says most of all something about how that pillar is built up. The incomes here point upwards: there are more households with a high income than usual, fewer in the bottom group, and social assistance stays below the national figure. But property values weigh almost four times as heavily in that pillar as the share of top incomes, and that value falls just short of the median.

The quiet score leans partly on surface water, which takes up much more room here than elsewhere. For families the figure comes out lower at a 6.3, and that is not down to the school — that is around the corner. Few children live there: a good quarter of residents are 65 or over.

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Is Bunde a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bunde comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bunde is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

15.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

5.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 95 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

6.3 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

2.4 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

€ 386,000

Welfare recipients

5.9 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

81%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

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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

1,496 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

715

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

0.7 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.9 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,496 — 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 Bunde a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bunde comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bunde is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Bunde?

In Bunde the police recorded 95 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Bunde calculated?

Bunde scores 9.9 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 Bunde 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.