neighbourhood in Peel en Maas

Kessel-centrum

2,495 residents · postal code 5995 · Part of Kessel, Peel en Maas

Bottom 20% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

For Kessel-centrum the amenities score is missing, and with it every distance to a supermarket, GP, station or school. The overall 3.9 therefore rests on four pillars instead of five, something to keep in mind when comparing it with a neighbourhood that has all five.

The income distribution is missing as well; Statistics Netherlands does not publish it where there are too few households. What is there: a 7.2 for safety, with only violence just above the national middle and the other three types below it, and a 6.2 for quiet & nature at a modest density and little noise. The 4.5 for families stands out in a neighbourhood where three in ten residents are 65 or older and the share of children is low; without the distance data that is the only component of the pillar visibly counting.

no. 10,574 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 45 of 52 in Peel en Maas

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Amenities

no grade

Too few figures are available for this area to give a grade.

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Is Kessel-centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kessel-centrum comes out at 20 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.

Total crime

20.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 60 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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

€ 329,000

Welfare recipients

20.0 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

31%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

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

2,900 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

423

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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.

Households with children

32%

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Kessel-centrum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,900 — 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 Kessel-centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kessel-centrum comes out at 20 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 Kessel-centrum?

In Kessel-centrum the police recorded 60 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Kessel-centrum calculated?

Kessel-centrum scores 3.9 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 Kessel-centrum 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.