neighbourhood in Asten

Centrum zuid

1,885 residents · postal code 5721 · Part of Asten zuid, Asten

Top 27% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

A 9.1 for safety next to a 4.2 for quiet & nature: in Centrum zuid those two come from different places. Reported violence and burglary stay well below the national middle, and only vandalism sits slightly above it. The low quiet score has nothing to do with crime, because that pillar measures density, noise, greenery and water. The green in the immediate surroundings here does not even reach three quarters of the national middle.

The 7.4 for families comes mainly from the short school distance: five hundred metres. It is not down to the share of children. More than a third of residents are 65 or older, against roughly one in eight under fifteen.

That is the arithmetic of a village centre that is ageing while keeping its amenities within walking distance: supermarket and GP are both within six hundred metres.

no. 3,420 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 8 of 26 in Asten

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Is Centrum zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum zuid comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

17.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

6.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 39 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures ⌄

Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

8.5 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

10.0 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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

€ 412,000

Welfare recipients

5.3 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

65%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

75%

Built after 2000

29%

Tick = Dutch median

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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

3,554 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,446

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.

Tick = Dutch median

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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

0.5 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+34%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,554 — 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.

Frequently asked questions

Is Centrum zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum zuid comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Centrum zuid?

In Centrum zuid the police recorded 39 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Centrum zuid calculated?

Centrum zuid scores 8.0 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Centrum zuid lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.