neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen
Geleen-Centrum
4,290 residents · postal code 6161 · Part of Geleen, Sittard-Geleen
Everything close by, little to spend
A 9.5 for amenities and a 2.8 for safety: Geleen-Centrum is exactly what the name says, and both figures come from the same characteristic. Everything is within walking distance, and all four offence types come out above the national median — violence most of all.
The noise level here is almost ten decibels above the national median, and that is not a small gap. It pushes quiet & nature down to a 3.7 while greenery in the surroundings is not exceptionally low. This is a figure you hear indoors, not only on the street.
Wealth & income comes to 2.7 and there too the components point the same way: property values around half the national median, social assistance far above it, vacancy as well. In a centre where everything is reachable, that is an unusual combination.
- no. 12,258 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 27 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen
How Geleen-Centrum scores
Do some of these matter more to you than others?
Is Geleen-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Geleen-Centrum comes out at 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Geleen-Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 404 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Geleen-Centrum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
53% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,632 — 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 Geleen-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Geleen-Centrum comes out at 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Geleen-Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Geleen-Centrum?
In Geleen-Centrum the police recorded 404 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (58 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 Geleen-Centrum calculated?
Geleen-Centrum scores 3.0 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 Geleen-Centrum 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Sittard-Geleen
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Sittard-Geleen.
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