neighbourhood in Roerdalen

Posterholt

3,550 residents · postal code 6061 · Part of Posterholt, Roerdalen

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

All four types of reported offence in Posterholt stay below the national middle — violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism. That is rare enough to carry the 8.8 for safety, and it is the neighbourhood's clearest figure.

The 4.2 for families runs against it. The primary school is not far, so distance is not the explanation; it lies in the population itself. Almost three in ten residents are 65 or older and the share of children stays below the national middle. This is a place that keeps its schools while the classes thin out.

The wealth & income pillar is divided. Property value and the income distribution point downwards, with a social assistance rate well above the national one, but vacancy sits exactly on the median and points nowhere. The railway station is a story of its own: it is nearly ten kilometres away, and that visibly weighs on the amenities pillar.

no. 8,346 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 8 of 19 in Roerdalen

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Is Posterholt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Posterholt comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Posterholt 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.

Total crime

15.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

4.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 64 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

9.6 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

9.5 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

€ 292,000

Welfare recipients

16.9 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

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

2,432 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

367

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.

Primary school

0.9 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

6.3 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Posterholt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,432 — around the 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 Posterholt a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Posterholt?

In Posterholt the police recorded 64 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Posterholt calculated?

Posterholt scores 5.2 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 Posterholt 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.