neighbourhood in Simpelveld

Bocholtz

4,110 residents · postal code 6351 · Part of Bocholtz, Simpelveld

Bottom 48% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Almost one in nine homes in Bocholtz stands empty — nearly three times the rate of the average Dutch neighbourhood. Vacancy is one of the few components of the wealth & income pillar that is not about income, and together with a property value far below the national median it explains the 3.5.

The families score of 4.6 does not come from distances: school, supermarket and doctor are all within seven hundred metres. It lies in the population, with more than a quarter over 65 and twelve per cent under fifteen.

Quiet & nature reaches a 6.5, helped by a noise level seven decibels below the national median. At just over a thousand residents per square kilometre, that is what you would expect in this corner of Limburg.

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no. 3 of 9 in Simpelveld

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Is Bocholtz a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bocholtz comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bocholtz is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

15.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

3.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 71 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

8.0 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

8.2 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 252,000

Welfare recipients

9.7 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

66%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

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

1,045 inw/km²

Noise level

45 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

739

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.1 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

0.7 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

8.8 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bocholtz has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,045 — 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 Bocholtz a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bocholtz comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bocholtz is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Bocholtz?

In Bocholtz the police recorded 71 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 Bocholtz calculated?

Bocholtz scores 6.0 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 Bocholtz 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.