neighbourhood in Roermond

Voorstad

1,950 residents · postal code 6041 · Part of Centrum, Roermond

Top 50% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

More than four in ten residents of Voorstad are 65 or older, in a neighbourhood where four in ten homes were built after 2000. That combination — new homes, older residents — explains the families score of 5.5 better than school distance does: the primary school is around the corner, so that is not the cause.

Amenities stands highest at 8.0; the supermarket, GP, restaurant and station are all close by. The quiet & nature pillar lags behind, and not because of bustle: noise levels are below the national middle. It is the greenery that is missing — both the share of green space and the tree canopy fall far short, while a quarter of the surface consists of water.

no. 6,515 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 36 in Roermond

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Is Voorstad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Voorstad 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.

Total crime

25.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

11.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 65 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

1.1 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 418,000

Welfare recipients

10.3 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

44%

Built after 2000

40%

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

3,578 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

25%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,945

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

0.5 km

Households with children

18%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Voorstad has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 44%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–255%
NL median 11%
25–4516%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+44%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,578 — far 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 Voorstad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Voorstad 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 Voorstad?

In Voorstad the police recorded 65 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 Voorstad calculated?

Voorstad 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 Voorstad 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.