neighbourhood in Roerdalen

Herkenbosch

3,905 residents · postal code 6075 · Part of Herkenbosch, Roerdalen

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Herkenbosch has a families figure of 4.5, the lowest of its five pillars. Two things add up: the primary school is nine hundred metres away, which counts immediately in a pillar that is mainly about distance, and there are few children — three in ten residents are 65 or over.

The 5.8 for safety hugs the national median without outliers: violence and burglary are slightly above it, theft and vandalism below. Figures like that say little; what they do say is that no single category sets the picture here.

Quiet & nature reaches a 6.4, carried by a noise level well below the national median and a tree canopy above it. Greenery and open water do not help — it is mainly the quiet that makes this figure.

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no. 11 of 19 in Roerdalen

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Is Herkenbosch a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Herkenbosch comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

22.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 107 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

0.7 km

Train station

7.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

7.7 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

8.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 331,000

Welfare recipients

15.4 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

18%

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

2,650 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

543

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.9 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

5.7 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Herkenbosch has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,650 — 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 Herkenbosch a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Herkenbosch comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Herkenbosch?

In Herkenbosch the police recorded 107 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Herkenbosch calculated?

Herkenbosch scores 4.6 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 Herkenbosch 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.