neighbourhood in Breda

Doornbos-Linie

4,885 residents · postal code 4816 · Part of Breda noord, Breda

Bottom 15% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Sixty decibels is an exceptionally high noise level, far above the Dutch figure, and Doornbos-Linie reaches it at 3,843 residents per square kilometre — so exceptionally many people do not live here, but quiet it is not. Together with a greenery share that lags far behind the national picture, that explains the 3.3 for quiet & nature.

The income distribution deviates only slightly from the national one, and yet wealth gets no further than a 3.6. That lies in two other components: the share on social assistance is at almost six times the national level and the property value stays below the middle.

On safety all recorded categories lie above the national figure, violence well over twice as high. The 9.2 for amenities stands apart from that: shop, GP and restaurant are within walking distance and the station a good kilometre away.

no. 11,181 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 45 of 55 in Breda

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Is Doornbos-Linie a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

49.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

17.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 350 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

3.0 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

€ 329,000

Welfare recipients

45.0 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

48%

Built after 2000

25%

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

3,843 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,064

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

23%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Doornbos-Linie has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 40%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4540%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,843 — 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 Doornbos-Linie a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Doornbos-Linie comes out at 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Doornbos-Linie 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 Doornbos-Linie?

In Doornbos-Linie the police recorded 350 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (49 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 Doornbos-Linie calculated?

Doornbos-Linie scores 3.6 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 Doornbos-Linie 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.