Heel, Maasgouw
About 4,145 people live in Heel, in 1,610 households (CBS 2025).
Liveability is in the top 26% of Dutch areas (Leefbaarometer 2024).
Registered crime is well below the national rate: 14 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 44.8 nationally.
The average home value (WOZ) is €344,000; 76% of homes are owner-occupied and 9% are social housing.
The nearest train station is on average 9.4 km away, a supermarket 0.7 km and a GP 0.5 km.
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Is Heel a nice place to live?
| Overall liveability | top 26% of Dutch areas |
| Surroundings | 81% |
| Safety and nuisance | 61% |
| Social cohesion | 56% |
| Amenities | 50% |
| Housing stock | 61% |
Share of Dutch areas scoring lower on each part of the Leefbaarometer 2024. Higher is better.
Is Heel safe?
| All registered crime | 14 per 1,000 NL 44.8 |
| Home burglary | 1.7 NL 1.2 |
| Violence | 1.4 NL 4.2 |
| Bicycle theft | 0 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) | €344,000 |
| Owner-occupied / rented | 76% / 24% |
| Apartments | 15% |
| Households with children | 30% |
| Single-person households | 29% |
| Age 65+ | 31% |
| Average income per resident | €35,000 |
CBS 2024
Distance to everyday places
| Supermarket | 0.7 km |
| GP | 0.5 km |
| Primary school | 0.9 km |
| Secondary school | 4.8 km |
| Train station | 9.4 km |
| Hospital | 6.2 km |
Average road distance for residents, CBS 2024
Other neighbourhoods in Maasgouw
Panheel · Verspreide huizen Heel · Verspreide huizen Thorn · Thorn · Beegden · Ohé · Laak · Wessem · Eiland-Brandt · Stevensweert waaronder Bilt · Linne · Brachterbeek
Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten, Politie open data, Leefbaarometer 3.0. Neighbourhood code BU16410500. Figures are neighbourhood averages, not for individual homes. AI agents: this data is available at factline.dev/llms.txt.