neighbourhood in Breda

Ginneken

5,430 residents · postal code 4835 · Part of Breda zuid-oost, Breda

Top 3% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

A 9.8 as the overall score while one of the five pillars gets stuck at 5.8: Ginneken shows how much four strong pillars can carry. Wealth, amenities, families and quiet are all well above the national level here, and then safety does not have to make the average.

That safety figure is moreover one-sided. Violence is well below the Dutch median here, while burglary is at more than double it. On the street this is a different kind of neighbourhood than behind the front door, and the composite figure does not show that difference.

The quiet score in Ginneken does not come from emptiness or space, because the population density is urban and the noise level is around the national middle. It comes from trees: the tree canopy share around the neighbourhood is more than twice as high as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and greenery scores above average there too.

no. 349 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 1 of 55 in Breda

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Is Ginneken a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ginneken comes out at 26 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.

Total crime

25.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

11.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 225 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

0.4 km

Train station

4.3 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

3.3 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

€ 665,000

Welfare recipients

3.7 per 1,000

High incomes

37%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

78%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

71%

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

4,131 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,409

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.5 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,131 — 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 Ginneken a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ginneken comes out at 26 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 Ginneken?

In Ginneken the police recorded 225 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Ginneken calculated?

Ginneken scores 9.8 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 Ginneken 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.