neighbourhood in West Maas en Waal
Kern Wamel
2,330 residents · postal code 6659 · Part of Wamel, West Maas en Waal
School close by, shops further off
The daily errands are covered in Kern Wamel: supermarket, GP and primary school are all within eight hundred metres. What is missing is everything beyond that. The nearest restaurant is over three kilometres away and the station almost twelve, and it is those two distances that push the amenities pillar down to 5.2.
On wealth & income something unusual happens: nearly every item sits at or close to the Dutch middle. Property value, income distribution, social assistance and vacancy none of them point a clear direction. The result is a 5.9 that is, frankly, exactly what it looks like.
The offence rate is well below the national median, with theft at less than half of it. For a village centre of this size, that is the figure carrying the overall 7.4.
- no. 4,543 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 16 in West Maas en Waal
How Kern Wamel scores
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Is Kern Wamel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Wamel comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Wamel is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 37 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
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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 Wamel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,505 — 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 Wamel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Wamel comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Wamel is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Kern Wamel?
In Kern Wamel the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Wamel calculated?
Kern Wamel scores 7.4 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 Wamel 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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