The districts of Laarbeek

Laarbeek has 23,335 residents (2026), spread across 4 districts and 15 neighbourhoods.

Top 25% of the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Laarbeek averages 8.2, which puts the municipality above 75% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.9; wealth and income hold it back at 5.9. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Lieshout (9.0), the lowest in Bedrijventerrein Beekerheide (5.5). That is 3.5 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 23,335
districts: 4
neighbourhoods: 15
km² of land: 55.4

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

17.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

5.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 539 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.0 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

8.0 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

5.9 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 km

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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

€ 445,500

Welfare recipients

10.8 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

70%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

22%

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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

2,384 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

650

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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.

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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

37%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

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Who lives here

The age profile of Laarbeek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,380 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Laarbeek, weighted by population.