neighbourhood in Valkenburg aan de Geul
Broekhem Zuid
1,720 residents · postal code 6301 · Part of : Valkenburg, Valkenburg aan de Geul
Everything close by, except school and childcare
The crime figure for Broekhem Zuid is one and a half times above the national middle, and it comes almost entirely from one type: property offences are nearly twice as high as nationally, while burglary stays below and violence barely rises above it.
The families pillar lags at 3.4, and that is not school distance: the primary school is a kilometre away. It lies in the age profile — almost four in ten residents are 65 or older and the share of households with children stays far below the national picture.
The wealth pillar has one bright spot: the share of households on a high income is slightly above the median. Against that, property values lag far behind, more households live on a low income than nationally, and social assistance and vacancy are both above the middle.
- no. 10,874 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 20 of 22 in Valkenburg aan de Geul
How Broekhem Zuid scores
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Is Broekhem Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Broekhem Zuid 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.
In 2025, 84 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
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Who lives here
Broekhem Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+38%
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
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,241 — 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 Broekhem Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Broekhem Zuid 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 Broekhem Zuid?
In Broekhem Zuid the police recorded 84 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 Broekhem Zuid calculated?
Broekhem Zuid scores 3.8 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 Broekhem Zuid 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.
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