neighbourhood in Veldhoven

D'Ekker

4,140 residents · postal code 5503 · Part of Veldhoven, Veldhoven

Bottom 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Almost a third of D'Ekker is 65 or older — among the highest shares you will find in a neighbourhood of this size. Together with a primary school a good kilometre away, that explains the 4.5 for families: both of the heaviest components of the pillar point downwards.

The quiet & nature score of 3.6 comes mainly from greenery. It covers a good third of the surroundings here, against more than half in the average Dutch neighbourhood, while density runs above five thousand residents per square kilometre.

Safety lands on a 5.3, and that is a mixed story: total reported offences are near the national median, but violence and property crime both rise above it while burglary does not.

no. 10,291 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 15 of 17 in Veldhoven

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Is D'Ekker a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, D'Ekker comes out at 24 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

23.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

11.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 117 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

6.9 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 383,000

Welfare recipients

16.9 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

Built after 2000

27%

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

5,147 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,230

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

1.1 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

D'Ekker has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,147 — 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 D'Ekker a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, D'Ekker comes out at 24 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 D'Ekker?

In D'Ekker the police recorded 117 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 D'Ekker calculated?

D'Ekker scores 4.1 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 D'Ekker 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.