neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld

5,175 residents · postal code 6166 · Part of Geleen, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 36% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

In Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld less is stolen than in the average Dutch neighbourhood, while violence and burglary are more common instead. That is the reverse of what you would expect in a well-connected neighbourhood, and it pushes the safety score down to a 4.3; violence is the heaviest-weighting component of that pillar.

The families figure of 5.6 does not come from the distance to school, which is short. It lies in who lives here: not even an eighth of residents are under fifteen and almost a third are 65 or over.

The 9.4 for amenities is almost entirely a matter of short distances, railway station included. Set against that are property values that stay far below the national median and social assistance use that lies well above it. Living close to everything and having little to spend go together in this neighbourhood.

no. 8,435 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

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Is Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

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

Total crime

26.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

7.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 170 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 264,000

Welfare recipients

30.9 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

68%

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

3,116 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,868

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

0.6 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,116 — 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 Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld comes out at 27 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 Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld?

In Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld the police recorded 170 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld calculated?

Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld scores 5.2 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 Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld 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.