neighbourhood in Breda
Overakker
3,320 residents · postal code 4834 · Part of Breda zuid-oost, Breda
Everything close by, except school and childcare
Theft accounts for more than half of all reported offences in Overakker and is well above the national median, while violence stays far below it. That is the profile of a place where possessions disappear, not of a place where you would rather stay indoors at night — and it explains why the safety pillar comes out at 7.0 despite a crime rate that does not stand out.
The quiet & nature pillar does considerably better than average for a neighbourhood of this size, at 8.2. The noise level is clearly below the national middle, while greenery and tree canopy within three hundred metres both come out well above it.
The families score of 6.3 is the weakest of the five and has two causes that reinforce each other: the primary school is more than a kilometre away, and with almost a third of residents over 65 there are children in few households.
- no. 1,567 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 55 in Breda
How Overakker scores
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Is Overakker a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Overakker comes out at 22 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.
In 2025, 98 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Overakker has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+32%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,476 — 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 Overakker a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Overakker comes out at 22 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 Overakker?
In Overakker the police recorded 98 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Overakker calculated?
Overakker scores 9.1 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 Overakker 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.
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