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neighbourhood in Valkenburg aan de Geul

Valkenburg

3,510 residents · postal code 6301 · Part of : Valkenburg, Valkenburg aan de Geul

  • no. 10,897 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 20 of 22 in Valkenburg aan de Geul

Scores per pillar

In the hills of Limburg, this tourist town of 3,510 skews notably grey: four in ten are over 65, barely six percent under fifteen. Amenities earn an 8.0, with a restaurant three hundred metres from the door. Safety lands at just 3.0 — nearly 49 crimes per 1,000 people present, more than double the national middle, though that figure is corrected for the crowds tourism draws. At €309,000, homes sit below the national median.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.9 km
Secondary school
6.6 km
Childcare
0.9 km
Train station
0.9 km
Hospital
8.4 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
0.7 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
48.6
Violent crimes
3.7
Burglaries
0.7

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 309,000
Owner-occupied
43%
Single-family homes
36%
Built after 2000
14%
Income per resident
€ 36,000

Who lives here

0–15 6%15–25 8%25–45 19%45–65 26%65+ 40%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
16%
Single-person households
53%
Residents per km²
1,614

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Valkenburg calculated?

Valkenburg scores 3.7 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Valkenburg a safe neighbourhood?

Valkenburg scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (48.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.