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neighbourhood in Boxtel

Boxtel-Centrum

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

  • no. 10,110 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 18 of 19 in Boxtel

Scores per pillar

As the heart of Boxtel, this district keeps everything within walking distance — a 9.0 for amenities, the station a kilometre away — but the flip side is a safety grade of 3.0. At almost 41 offences per thousand, crime sits well above the national middle, a pattern that dogs town centres. Half of all households are single-person, the average home is worth 328,000 euro, and housing lands a poor 3.8.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
0.8 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.0 km
Hospital
1.2 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
1.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
40.9
Violent crimes
2.4
Burglaries
1.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 328,000
Owner-occupied
48%
Single-family homes
52%
Built after 2000
16%
Income per resident
€ 34,000

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 10%25–45 25%45–65 26%65+ 28%
Average household size
1.8
Households with children
22%
Single-person households
51%
Residents per km²
3,156

Nearby neighbourhoods

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Boxtel-Centrum calculated?

Boxtel-Centrum scores 4.2 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Boxtel-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

Boxtel-Centrum scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (40.9 per year). The national median is around 24.1.