neighbourhood in Breda

Bavel

5,545 residents · postal code 4854 · Part of Bavel, Breda

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Bavel scores above the national middle on four of the five pillars and comes out at a 9.0, but the safety figure hides an outlier. Violence, theft and vandalism are all registered less often there than nationally — burglary, by contrast, almost three times as often. That is the component that counts most heavily after violence, and it is the reason there is no nine.

The brake on the total lies with quiet, at a 5.1. Greenery and tree canopy lie around or above the national picture and the noise level barely deviates; what is missing is surface water, which is not there. The 7.7 for wealth comes mainly from the property value, which lies well above the national middle while the income distribution stays closer to it — only at the top are there more households than usual.

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no. 6 of 55 in Breda

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Is Bavel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bavel comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bavel 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.

Total crime

14.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.7 per 1,000

Property crime

5.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 105 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

0.5 km

Train station

6.1 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

3.6 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

€ 546,000

Welfare recipients

12.6 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

13%

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

3,168 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

52%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

838

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

38%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Bavel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,168 — 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 Bavel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bavel comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Bavel 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 Bavel?

In Bavel the police recorded 105 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Bavel calculated?

Bavel scores 9.0 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 Bavel 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.