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Stokkum

695 residents · postal code 7039 · Part of 's-Heerenberg, Montferland

Bottom 8% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

Stokkum is an urban residential neighbourhood in Montferland with 695 residents. On the national yardstick its total score is 3.1. Scores are fairly even, with safety (5.8) as the strongest pillar.

  • no. 12,030 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 26 of 26 in Montferland

How Stokkum scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
19.9 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.5 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.0 per 1,000
Property crime
6.6 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 13 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.
Supermarket
1.9 km
GP practice
2.1 km
Train station
10.3 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Hospital
12.4 km
Café
2.0 km
Library
2.2 km
Motorway ramp
3.6 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 347,000
Welfare recipients
14.4 per 1,000
High incomes
18%
Low incomes
40%
Vacancy
2%
Owner-occupied
87%
Social housing
9%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
92%
Built after 2000
23%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
3,239 inw/km²
Noise level
44 dB
Green surroundings
75%
Trees nearby
7%
Water share
0%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
177
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.8 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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
2.3 km
Households with children
32%
Childcare
2.1 km
Secondary school
10.3 km
Residents under 15
10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Stokkum has strikingly few children under 15: 10%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1510%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2510%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4518%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6534%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+28%

    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

    2.2around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    24%fewer than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    32%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    3,239far 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

How is the grade for Stokkum calculated?

Stokkum scores 3.1 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Stokkum lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Stokkum a safe neighbourhood?

Stokkum scores 5.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (19.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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