neighbourhood in Breda
Blauwe Kei
3,855 residents · postal code 4834 · Part of Breda zuid-oost, Breda
Everything for children close by, and little room
Blauwe Kei comes out at an 8.6 while the quiet & nature pillar stalls at a 3.5, and that last figure deserves an explanation. Noise here sits only slightly above the Dutch median and the tree canopy even above it; what depresses the pillar is building density, the limited greenery immediately around, and the complete absence of open water.
The wealth & income pillar is strong across almost the whole line: property values sit well above the Dutch median, high incomes are more common here than nationally, low incomes less common and vacancy is low. Only social assistance runs a little above the national level, and that is why there is a 7.5 and not a higher figure.
The 9.4 for families rests on short distances — the primary school is five hundred metres away — and on a share of households with children above the national median. On offences the neighbourhood sits just under the Dutch median, with burglary exactly on it and violence slightly above.
- no. 2,362 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 11 of 55 in Breda
How Blauwe Kei scores
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Is Blauwe Kei a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Blauwe Kei comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 115 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Blauwe Kei has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,477 — 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 Blauwe Kei a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Blauwe Kei comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Blauwe Kei?
In Blauwe Kei the police recorded 115 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Blauwe Kei calculated?
Blauwe Kei scores 8.6 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 Blauwe Kei 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Breda
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Breda.