neighbourhood in Weert

Weert-Centrum

2,820 residents · postal code 6001 · Part of Weert-Centrum, Weert

Bottom 7% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Weert-Centrum ranks among the fifteen best-served neighbourhoods in the Netherlands and at the same time among the hundred and fifty least safe. That is the same place, measured along two axes. The number of reported offences here is more than four times the national median, with vandalism and violence both at a multiple of theirs — this goes beyond the usual shopping-area pattern in which mainly belongings disappear.

The population is the second half of the story. Almost four in ten residents are 65 or older, two thirds of households consist of one person and there are hardly any children. That explains the 4.4 for families without the school distance contributing anything: that one is short. Within wealth & income, a 3.2, vacancy is the figure to remember — one in ten addresses stands empty, over twice the Dutch middle, and in a centre that is a visible fact.

no. 12,172 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 33 of 33 in Weert

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Is Weert-Centrum a safe 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

98.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

11.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

44.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

12.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 492 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.1 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

€ 302,000

Welfare recipients

21.3 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

10%

Built after 2000

18%

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

6,586 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,482

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.8 km

Households with children

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Weert-Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–155%
NL median 14%
15–257%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6518%
NL median 28%
65+39%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
65% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
9% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,586 — 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 Weert-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Weert-Centrum comes out at 98 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Weert-Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Weert-Centrum?

In Weert-Centrum the police recorded 492 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (98 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 Weert-Centrum calculated?

Weert-Centrum scores 3.0 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 Weert-Centrum 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.