neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Kemperkoul

5,840 residents · postal code 6132 · Part of Overhoven, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 42% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Kemperkoul has more households with a high income than the average Dutch neighbourhood and fewer with a low income, and still the wealth pillar sticks at a 4.8. Two components pull it down: property value, which is a good quarter below the national middle, and social assistance use, a good three times the national line. The income distribution does not make up for that.

What this neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen does have is space and quiet. The noise level is clearly below the Dutch average and there is more greenery around the homes than usual, together good for a 6.9 for quiet & nature. The flip side is in the distances: the nearest restaurant is almost two kilometres away and the station a good deal further, which holds the amenities pillar at a 5.8 despite a supermarket and GP close by.

no. 7,712 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 10 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

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Is Kemperkoul a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kemperkoul comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

4.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 127 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

1.0 km

Train station

3.5 km

Restaurant

1.8 km

Hospital

5.2 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

3.0 km

Motorway ramp

4.0 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

€ 317,000

Welfare recipients

27.4 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

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

3,760 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,195

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

0.8 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

3.5 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kemperkoul has strikingly many residents aged 45 to 65: 35%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6535%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,760 — 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 Kemperkoul a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kemperkoul comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Kemperkoul?

In Kemperkoul the police recorded 127 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Kemperkoul calculated?

Kemperkoul 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 Kemperkoul 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.