neighbourhood in Breda

Heksenwiel

4,280 residents · postal code 4823 · Part of Breda noord-west, Breda

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Spacious, but safety lags

The GP in Heksenwiel is more than one and a half kilometres away, and that is unusually far for a district of over four thousand residents. It explains why amenities stay at a 6.2 while the supermarket and the school are around the corner: GP distance is the second heaviest component after the supermarket.

The safety figure of 4.4 belongs to a total that is only just above the national median. That looks contradictory until you check the breakdown: all four types are above it, none extreme. It is a sum of small excesses, not one problem.

Against that stands quiet & nature, at 7.9 the strongest figure here. Greenery above the median and noise below it: that is the combination people move for.

no. 6,784 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 27 of 55 in Breda

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Is Heksenwiel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heksenwiel 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

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

10.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 144 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.

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

1.7 km

Train station

3.3 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

7.6 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

3.7 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

€ 385,000

Welfare recipients

16.4 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

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

4,751 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,334

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.8 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

14%

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,751 — 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 Heksenwiel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heksenwiel 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 Heksenwiel?

In Heksenwiel the police recorded 144 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 Heksenwiel calculated?

Heksenwiel scores 6.1 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 Heksenwiel 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.