neighbourhood in Boxtel

Boxtel-Centrum

8,050 residents · postal code 5281 · Part of Boxtel, Boxtel

Bottom 30% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

All four types of crime that count towards the safety figure lie above the Dutch middle in Boxtel-Centrum: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism. That is unusual. In most town centres the figure turns mainly on theft, and then you can say it is about property. Here you cannot — the 3.2 for safety rests on the full breadth.

Against that stands a 9.2 for amenities. Supermarket, GP and restaurant are within walking distance and the station is a kilometre away; anyone living here has little need of a car.

What the figures further sketch is an old centre. The population is clearly older than average and living alone is the rule rather than the exception. The property value stays below the Dutch middle and top incomes are thinner on the ground than is usual nationally — together good for a 3.9 for wealth, despite that location.

no. 9,159 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 18 of 19 in Boxtel

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Is Boxtel-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

40.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

21.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 460 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.0 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 328,000

Welfare recipients

14.9 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

37%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

Built after 2000

16%

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

3,156 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,715

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.6 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Boxtel-Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,156 — 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 Boxtel-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Boxtel-Centrum comes out at 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Boxtel-Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Boxtel-Centrum?

In Boxtel-Centrum the police recorded 460 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (41 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 Boxtel-Centrum calculated?

Boxtel-Centrum scores 4.7 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 Boxtel-Centrum 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.