neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Born

2,425 residents · postal code 6121 · Part of Holtum-Born, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 42% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The primary school in Born is six hundred metres away, so the 5.4 for families does not come from distance. It comes from the age structure: almost a third of residents are 65 or older and just over a quarter of households have children.

The 4.0 for wealth & income is carried by property value, which sits far below the national median. Social assistance is above the usual rate, vacancy below it, so it is not the case that every component points the same way.

Safety stands at 7.3 and it is earned: burglary is rare here and theft stays below the national median. Only reported violence sits slightly above. For anyone looking for a quiet address in a village with every daily amenity within a kilometre, that is a more relevant figure than the total.

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no. 9 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

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Is Born a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Born 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

24.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

8.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 76 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

5.7 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

7.8 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 288,000

Welfare recipients

12.4 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

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

1,606 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

756

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

0.6 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

4.5 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,606 — 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 Born a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Born 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 Born?

In Born the police recorded 76 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 Born calculated?

Born scores 5.6 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 Born 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.