neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Overhoven

3,380 residents · postal code 6136 · Part of Overhoven, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 32% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

The total number of reported offences in Overhoven sits almost exactly on the national median, but the mix is more favourable than that figure suggests: violence, burglary and property crime all stay below it, and only vandalism is higher. Hence the 6.4 for safety — the police statistics here are mainly about broken things.

The 3.1 for wealth & income has no weak spot but a broad one. Property value stays well below the national median, the social assistance rate approaches four times the median, few households are in the top income group and many in the bottom one, and vacancy too is above average. That the overall score still reaches 4.9 is down to distances: the primary school at five hundred metres, the station just over a kilometre away.

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Is Overhoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Overhoven 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

25.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

8.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 104 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 237,000

Welfare recipients

29.6 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

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

4,155 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,064

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

0.5 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,155 — 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 Overhoven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Overhoven 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 Overhoven?

In Overhoven the police recorded 104 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 Overhoven calculated?

Overhoven scores 4.9 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 Overhoven 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.