neighbourhood in Roermond

Merum

2,135 residents · postal code 6049 · Part of Herten, Roermond

Top 50% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Merum has space, with fewer than twelve hundred residents per square kilometre, and still scores only 3.9 for quiet & nature. The explanation is not crowding but noise — a good six decibels above the national median — and the tree canopy, which comes out at less than half the national median. Greenery as such is there; tall vegetation much less so.

The crime picture is narrow. Violence, burglary and property crime stay below the median, but vandalism is almost twice above it. That is a different burden from a neighbourhood with a lot of violence: damage to things, not menace on the street.

The 5.1 for families comes mainly from distance. The primary school is a good kilometre away, and that distance, together with childcare and secondary education, makes up the bulk of the pillar. The relatively large number of households with children does not offset it.

no. 6,525 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 14 of 36 in Roermond

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Is Merum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Merum comes out at 24 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

23.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 78 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

1.2 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

4.0 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

4.2 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

3.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 383,000

Welfare recipients

9.4 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

86%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

99%

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

1,157 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

792

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

1.2 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

4.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Merum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,157 — far less 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 Merum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Merum comes out at 24 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 Merum?

In Merum the police recorded 78 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Merum calculated?

Merum 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 Merum 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.