neighbourhood in Sittard-Geleen

Stadbroek

2,675 residents · postal code 6137 · Part of Overhoven, Sittard-Geleen

Bottom 6% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Property value in Stadbroek is roughly half the Dutch median, and that is the component determining nearly forty per cent of the wealth & income pillar. On top of that the top income group here is half the national width, the bottom one covers more than half of all households and the social assistance rate is more than seven times the middle. Only vacancy lands exactly on the national level.

The overall score of 2.9 does not rest on that pillar alone. On safety too, all four types of offence are above the Dutch median. What stands against it is access: supermarket, restaurant and GP are all within eight hundred metres and the station a good two kilometres away, good for an 8.6 on amenities. So this part of Overhoven is centrally placed; that is not where the problem lies.

no. 12,356 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 30 of 36 in Sittard-Geleen

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Is Stadbroek a safe 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

43.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

12.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 150 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

0.8 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

4.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 218,000

Welfare recipients

59.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

29%

Social housing

60%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

54%

Built after 2000

30%

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

5,345 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,157

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

0.9 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,345 — 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 Stadbroek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Stadbroek comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Stadbroek 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 Stadbroek?

In Stadbroek the police recorded 150 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Stadbroek calculated?

Stadbroek scores 2.9 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 Stadbroek 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.