The districts of Heumen
Heumen has 16,860 residents (2026), spread across 2 districts and 19 neighbourhoods.
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
As a municipality, Heumen sits at 7.6, better than 67% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Quiet and nature lift that grade with 7.5; families hold it back at 6.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Verspreide huizen Malden (9.8), the lowest in Heumen (4.5). That is 5.3 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Heumen
- residents
- 16,860
- districts
- 2
- neighbourhoods
- 19
- km² of land
- 39.7
How Heumen scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 501 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Heumen →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Heumen →
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 Heumen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,569 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Heumen, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Heumen →Verspreide huizen Malden
Heumen
Verspreide huizen Overasseltse Uiterwaarden
Heumen
Broekkant en Droge
Heumen
Overasselt
Heumen
Verspreide huizen Worsum
Heumen
Verspreide huizen Heumen
Heumen
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Heumen
The worst districts of Heumen are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Heumen: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Heumen: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Heumen →
Other rankings
The 2 districts of Heumen with a grade
Sorted by total grade