neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Baandert

3,135 residents · postal code 6136 · Part of Overhoven, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Baandert has everything within walking distance and still scores only a 4.3 for families. That comes from two directions at once: the primary school here, at nine hundred metres, is further off than the other amenities, and the share of children is small — one resident in ten is under fifteen, while almost a third are 65 or over.

The safety pillar of 4.3 shows how finely the model looks. Property crime here sits exactly on the national middle and vandalism barely above it, but violence and burglary are both above, and together they account for nearly six of this pillar's ten points.

The wealth & income column points downward without exception, vacancy aside: a property value at just over half the national median, few high incomes, many low ones and a rate of social assistance more than three times the national level.

no. 11,383 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

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Is Baandert a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Baandert comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

28.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

9.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 106 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 240,000

Welfare recipients

25.5 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

54%

Built after 2000

28%

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

5,244 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,510

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

23%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Baandert has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1510%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,244 — 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 Baandert a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Baandert comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Baandert?

In Baandert the police recorded 106 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Baandert calculated?

Baandert scores 3.5 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 Baandert 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.