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neighbourhood in Venlo

Kern Hout-Blerick

1,760 residents · postal code 5926 · Part of Hout-Blerick, Venlo

  • no. 1,987 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 8 of 94 in Venlo

Scores per pillar

Nine in ten homes in Kern Hout-Blerick are owner-occupied, and almost all are single-family — unusually high for Venlo. The neighbourhood scores well across the board: 8.4 for housing, 8.9 overall and 15.4 offences per 1,000 people present. More than four in ten households have children. Nature and amenities, at 5.5 and 6.6, are the most average.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
1.4 km
General practitioner
2.1 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.9 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
3.4 km
Hospital
3.0 km
Restaurant
1.8 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
2.3 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
15.4
Violent crimes
0.7
Burglaries
0.9

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 449,000
Owner-occupied
90%
Single-family homes
97%
Built after 2000
29%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 16%15–25 12%25–45 19%45–65 30%65+ 24%
Average household size
2.5
Households with children
43%
Single-person households
20%
Residents per km²
2,566

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Kern Hout-Blerick calculated?

Kern Hout-Blerick scores 8.9 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 Hout-Blerick a safe neighbourhood?

Kern Hout-Blerick scores 8.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.4 per year). The national median is around 24.1.