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neighbourhood in Breda

Belcrum

4,490 residents · postal code 4815 · Part of Breda noord, Breda

  • no. 4,446 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 22 of 55 in Breda

Scores per pillar

Once an industrial zone behind the tracks, now a young urban quarter: in Belcrum only eleven per cent of residents are over 65 and more than a third of homes post-date 2000. Amenities score 9.6, but safety stays weak at 3.4 — crime runs past 58 per 1,000 people present, even after correcting for footfall. The station is barely a kilometre off.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.3 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
1.1 km
Hospital
3.3 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.4 km
Library
2.0 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
58.3
Violent crimes
4.2
Burglaries
0.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 415,000
Owner-occupied
53%
Single-family homes
54%
Built after 2000
37%
Income per resident
€ 40,000

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 14%25–45 38%45–65 22%65+ 11%
Average household size
2.0
Households with children
28%
Single-person households
41%
Residents per km²
8,503

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Belcrum calculated?

Belcrum scores 7.4 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 Belcrum a safe neighbourhood?

Belcrum scores 3.3 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (58.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.