neighbourhood in Venlo
Kern Belfeld
5,010 residents · postal code 5951 · Part of Belfeld, Venlo
Everything close by, little to spend
Belfeld is a village centre of more than five thousand residents with an offence figure that comes out above the Dutch median. Not through theft, which stays close to it, but through violence and vandalism: both are counted around one and a half times as often as nationally. Burglary is less common there than average instead.
The wealth pillar sinks to a 3.8. Property values lie far below the median, the top income group is thin, the bottom one broad, and social assistance lies three times above it. The only exception is the vacancy, which stays far below the national figure: the homes are cheap, but they do not stand empty.
What the centre does have is proximity. GP, school and shop are within a kilometre, and that pulls the amenities figure to a 7.8, despite a station almost four kilometres away. For quiet it produces a 5.2: the noise lies just above the average and there is less tree canopy than elsewhere.
- no. 8,746 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 44 of 94 in Venlo
How Kern Belfeld scores
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Is Kern Belfeld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Belfeld comes out at 26 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.
In 2025, 158 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
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
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
Who lives here
The age profile of Kern Belfeld looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,360 — around the 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 Kern Belfeld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Belfeld comes out at 26 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 Kern Belfeld?
In Kern Belfeld the police recorded 158 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Kern Belfeld calculated?
Kern Belfeld scores 5.0 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 Kern Belfeld 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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