neighbourhood in Voerendaal
Klimmen
1,810 residents · postal code 6343 · Part of Klimmen, Voerendaal
Everything close by, except school and childcare
Klimmen comes out above the middle on four pillars and only sinks on families, to a 4.8. The primary school is eight hundred metres away here, so distance is not the cause: it lies in who lives here. Almost a third of residents are 65 or older and the share of children stays below the national picture.
The 8.6 for amenities is remarkable for a village — supermarket, GP and restaurant are all within six hundred metres, and the station just over two kilometres away.
On wealth the picture is divided, and that is why the score comes out at only 5.2. The share of households on a high income is above the national middle and vacancy below it, but property values lag and the rate of social assistance is more than twice the median. A place that does well on paper, with a group that does not feel it.
- no. 3,395 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 13 in Voerendaal
How Klimmen scores
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Is Klimmen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Klimmen comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 45 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
Klimmen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+31%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,271 — 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 Klimmen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Klimmen comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Klimmen?
In Klimmen the police recorded 45 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Klimmen calculated?
Klimmen scores 8.1 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 Klimmen 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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