Emma, Brunssum
About 1,290 people live in Emma, in 515 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 68% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is above the national rate: 58.1 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The nearest train station is on average 3.8 km away, a supermarket 0.9 km and a GP 0.5 km.
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Is Emma a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 68% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 40% |
| Safety and nuisance | 22% |
| Social cohesion | 32% |
| Amenities | 62% |
| Housing stock | 56% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Emma safe?
| All registered crime | 58.1 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 0 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 2.3 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 2.3 NL 5.5 |
Police-registered crime 2025. Centres with many visitors score high per resident because visitors are not residents.
Homes and people
| Average home value (WOZ) | – |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 52% / 48% |
| Apartments | 44% |
| Households with children | 38% |
| Single-person households | 30% |
| Age 65+ | 27% |
| Average income per resident | – |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 0.9 km |
| GP | 0.5 km |
| Primary school | 1 km |
| Secondary school | 1.4 km |
| Train station | 3.8 km |
| Hospital | 3.5 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Brunssum
Treebeek-Zuid · Amstenraderveld · Op de Vos · Treebeek-Noord · Klingelsberg · Klingbemden · Rozengaard · De Kling · Op den Haan · Lemmender · De Streek · Het Heufken
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU08990135. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.