neighbourhood in Roerdalen
Melick
3,710 residents · postal code 6074 · Part of Melick, Roerdalen
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Melick has more greenery around than is usual nationally, and it is a good four decibels quieter than the median. That carries the 6.9 for quiet & nature, even though surface water is entirely absent and counts as one of the pillar's five components.
The number of recorded offences is just above the national median, spread across three categories: violence, burglary and property crime are all slightly above the median, vandalism far below. No single type stands out, and safety therefore lands at 5.7 — a score without a story, which is information in itself.
Property values stay well below the national level and social assistance runs almost three times above it; wealth & income consequently comes out at 4.4, while the income distribution itself barely deviates.
- no. 6,460 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 19 in Roerdalen
How Melick scores
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Is Melick a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Melick comes out at 26 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.
In 2025, 120 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 Melick looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,637 — 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 Melick a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Melick comes out at 26 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 Melick?
In Melick the police recorded 120 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Melick calculated?
Melick scores 6.3 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 Melick 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Roerdalen.
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