neighbourhood in Breda

Heusdenhout

5,200 residents · postal code 4817 · Part of Breda oost, Breda

Bottom 19% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

In Heusdenhout all four registered offence types point the same way. Violence runs at double the national average, burglary further above that still, and theft and vandalism are also more common. A 2.8 for safety is therefore not the result of one type of crime lifting the average, but of the whole spread.

The wealth pillar shows something else. Property values stay below the national median without sinking far away from it and little stands empty; what pushes the 4.3 down is social assistance use, which runs many times higher than usual. Almost half of households have a low income.

Against that, virtually everything is a short distance away: supermarket, GP and primary school all within a kilometre. The railway station is not, and in the 8.1 for amenities that is the component holding things back.

no. 10,674 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 42 of 55 in Breda

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Is Heusdenhout 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

36.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.4 per 1,000

Property crime

13.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 247 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

3.5 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

3.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 367,000

Welfare recipients

38.5 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

51%

Social housing

44%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

62%

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

3,440 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,599

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.6 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,440 — 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 Heusdenhout a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Heusdenhout comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Heusdenhout 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 Heusdenhout?

In Heusdenhout the police recorded 247 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Heusdenhout calculated?

Heusdenhout scores 3.9 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 Heusdenhout 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.