The districts of Roermond
Roermond has 61,210 residents (2026), spread across 10 districts and 36 neighbourhoods.
Everything close by, little to spend
Roermond averages 5.4, which puts the municipality above 38% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 7.8; wealth and income hold it back at 4.5. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Oolder Veste (9.2), the lowest in Roerstreek (2.6). That is 6.6 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Roermond
- residents
- 61,210
- districts
- 10
- neighbourhoods
- 36
- km² of land
- 60.6
How Roermond 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, 4,233 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Roermond →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Roermond →
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 Roermond looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,838 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Roermond, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Roermond →Oolder Veste
Roermond
Herten
Roermond
Kapel-Muggenbroek
Roermond
Boukoul
Roermond
Martin Giessen-Bosstraat
Roermond
De Wijher en omgeving
Roermond
Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Roermond →Other rankings
All districts of Roermond
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