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neighbourhood in Venlo

Kern Arcen

2,030 residents · postal code 5944 · Part of Arcen, Venlo

  • no. 5,395 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 20 of 94 in Venlo

Scores per pillar

Arcen is the spa-and-castle village of northern Limburg, on the Maas across from the Maasduinen national park — nature scores 8.0, safety 9.7. The village is ageing (28 percent over 65) and the €351k average value trails what the setting would suggest. The nearest railway is a fourteen-kilometre drive. Overall: 6.9.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
11.5 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
13.6 km
Hospital
11.9 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
7.8 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
18.9
Violent crimes
0.6
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 351,000
Owner-occupied
73%
Single-family homes
90%
Built after 2000
11%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 13%15–25 11%25–45 21%45–65 28%65+ 28%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
31%
Single-person households
31%
Residents per km²
1,811

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Kern Arcen calculated?

Kern Arcen scores 6.9 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 Kern Arcen a safe neighbourhood?

Kern Arcen scores 9.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (18.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.