neighbourhood in Berg en Dal
Ooij
2,180 residents · postal code 6576 · Part of Ooij, Berg en Dal
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Ooij scores a 10.0 for safety and it is earned: violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage all four sit below the national median, and the total at less than half of it. That is rare, because usually one type pulls the average up.
The 8.4 for quiet & nature fits the same picture — the noise level is a good six decibels below the national middle and the share of green space well above it, at a density of over three thousand residents per square kilometre.
The wealth & income pillar lags at 4.4, and this time it is not one outlying figure but the whole series: property value and the share of high incomes below the national middle, the share of low incomes above it, and almost three times as many social assistance claims as nationally. Only vacancy stays low.
That the overall score still comes out at 9.2 shows how the five pillars can work against each other. What the figure does not show: the nearest railway station is over seven kilometres away.
- no. 1,335 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 32 in Berg en Dal
How Ooij scores
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Is Ooij a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ooij comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ooij is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 19 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.
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 Ooij looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,407 — 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 Ooij a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ooij comes out at 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ooij is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Ooij?
In Ooij the police recorded 19 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (10 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 Ooij calculated?
Ooij scores 9.2 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 Ooij 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.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Berg en Dal.
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