neighbourhood in Breda

Biesdonk

4,900 residents · postal code 4826 · Part of Breda noord, Breda

Bottom 12% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

On families Biesdonk does excellently and on safety about the worst that is possible: an 8.9 against a 2.8. The first comes from the primary school within walking distance and from a large share of households with children. The second from theft, recorded almost four times as often as nationally, and vandalism, almost three times; violence and burglary lie above it too, so there is no category that softens the picture.

On wealth what counts above all is what is missing: the property value lags far behind the national middle, high incomes are rare and the share on social assistance is more than six times the Dutch figure. One component points the other way — vacancy lies below the national level. So the cheap housing stock here is not standing empty.

no. 11,591 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 47 of 55 in Breda

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Is Biesdonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Biesdonk comes out at 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Biesdonk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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

64.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

33.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 415 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

2.9 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

€ 263,000

Welfare recipients

51.0 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

49%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

50%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

50%

Built after 2000

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

6,202 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

39%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,723

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.4 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Biesdonk has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,202 — 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 Biesdonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Biesdonk comes out at 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Biesdonk 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 Biesdonk?

In Biesdonk the police recorded 415 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (64 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 Biesdonk calculated?

Biesdonk scores 3.4 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 Biesdonk 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.