neighbourhood in Roermond

Roer-Zuid

2,035 residents · postal code 6041 · Part of Centrum, Roermond

Top 46% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not spacious

Roer-Zuid belongs to Roermond's Centrum district, but anyone doing their shopping or going to the doctor here covers more than a kilometre each time. That explains the 6.2 for amenities in a neighbourhood that looks central on the map: the distances count, the name of the district does not.

The 7.4 for wealth & income stands on firmer ground than the overall score suggests. Almost a third of households fall into the highest income group, well above the national figure, and the bottom group is thinner; only the social assistance rate is slightly above the median, with vacancy exactly on it. The crime picture, meanwhile, is strikingly ordinary — violence exactly at the national median, theft below it, burglary barely above — which makes the 5.8 for safety a score without outliers rather than a warning.

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no. 10 of 36 in Roermond

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Is Roer-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Roer-Zuid comes out at 25 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

25.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

7.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 69 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

2.5 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 454,000

Welfare recipients

9.8 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

76%

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

1,700 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,095

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

1.0 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

3.3 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Roer-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,700 — 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 Roer-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Roer-Zuid comes out at 25 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 Roer-Zuid?

In Roer-Zuid the police recorded 69 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Roer-Zuid calculated?

Roer-Zuid scores 6.6 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 Roer-Zuid 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.