neighbourhood in Breda

Nieuw Wolfslaar

2,280 residents · postal code 4854 · Part of Bavel, Breda

Top 21% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

Zero. That is how many social assistance benefits are recorded in Nieuw Wolfslaar, and with a wealth & income score of 9.6 it is not an isolated curiosity but the pattern: property value far above the national median, many high incomes, few low ones, hardly any vacancy. Every component points the same way.

The price is paid in the amenities pillar, which stays at 5.2. Supermarket, GP and restaurant are all about a kilometre and a half away and the station just over five. That also pushes the families figure down to 6.7: the primary school is likewise a kilometre and a half away, while almost half of households have children.

Among the offences it is violence and burglary that come out just above the national middle, while property crime and vandalism stay below. For the safety pillar those are precisely the two heaviest items, and that is where the 6.5 comes from.

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Is Nieuw Wolfslaar a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuw Wolfslaar comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

17.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

6.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 51 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

1.5 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

5.3 km

Restaurant

1.4 km

Hospital

2.8 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 695,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

35%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

78%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

Built after 2000

95%

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

2,219 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

63%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,153

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

1.5 km

Households with children

45%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Nieuw Wolfslaar has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4515%
NL median 22%
45–6535%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,219 — around the 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 Nieuw Wolfslaar a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Nieuw Wolfslaar comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Nieuw Wolfslaar?

In Nieuw Wolfslaar the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Nieuw Wolfslaar calculated?

Nieuw Wolfslaar scores 8.4 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 Nieuw Wolfslaar 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.