neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Ophoven

4,120 residents · postal code 6133 · Part of Sittard, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 27% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism in Ophoven are all above the national median. So no single type explains the 3.1 for safety on its own; it is the full breadth of the reported offences.

On wealth & income the picture is the reverse of what you would expect. The income distribution here is more favourable than the national one — more households on a high income, fewer on a low one — and still the score stays at a 4.6. That comes from property value, a good hundred thousand euros under the median, and from social assistance at twice the Dutch middle.

Quiet & nature reaches a 6.5 at over three thousand residents per square kilometre, with a tree canopy one and a half times as dense as is usual nationally.

no. 9,635 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 17 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

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Is Ophoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ophoven comes out at 36 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

35.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

14.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 205 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

1.3 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 309,000

Welfare recipients

17.0 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

74%

Built after 2000

15%

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

3,254 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,529

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

0.6 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Ophoven looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,254 — 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 Ophoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ophoven comes out at 36 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 Ophoven?

In Ophoven the police recorded 205 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Ophoven calculated?

Ophoven scores 4.5 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 Ophoven 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.