neighbourhood in Overbetuwe
Kern Herveld
2,115 residents · postal code 6674 · Part of Herveld, Overbetuwe
Everything for children close by, and little room
Of the four categories of offence that drive the safety score, exactly one is above the national median in Kern Herveld: burglary. Violence, vandalism and property crime are all rarer here than elsewhere, and that is where the 8.8 comes from. Anyone moving in should think about the house rather than the street.
The 5.0 for quiet & nature is the exception in an otherwise strong set. Noise is not the cause — the sound level stays below the national median, and there is more greenery around than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. It is the building density and the tree canopy, which reaches less than half the national level. Green here mostly means open land around the village core, not shade above the pavement.
The primary school is four hundred metres away, and school distance is the heaviest component of the families pillar. That 9.2 is about location, not about who lives here.
- no. 892 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 11 of 77 in Overbetuwe
How Kern Herveld scores
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Is Kern Herveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Herveld comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Herveld is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 29 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 Kern Herveld looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,393 — 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 Kern Herveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Herveld comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Herveld 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 Kern Herveld?
In Kern Herveld the police recorded 29 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Herveld calculated?
Kern Herveld scores 9.5 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 Herveld 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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