neighbourhood in Breda

Station

2,315 residents · postal code 4811 · Part of Breda centrum, Breda

Bottom 9% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Of the more than one hundred recorded offences per thousand residents in Station, most are property crime — but the picture of a station district where only belongings disappear does not hold here: the violence figure is also more than three times above the national median. So the 2.7 for safety has two causes, not one.

Against that stands a 9.1 for amenities — supermarket, GP and restaurant are all a few hundred metres away. That sharpens the overall score of 3.1 rather than softening it: accessibility is the only strong figure here, and the other pillars fall far below it. The share of residents on social assistance is more than four times the national level and, together with lagging property values, pushes the wealth & income pillar down.

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no. 49 of 55 in Breda

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Is Station a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Station comes out at 101 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Station is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

100.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

67.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

7.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 463 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

0.6 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 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

€ 353,000

Welfare recipients

34.6 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

19%

Social housing

40%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

13%

Built after 2000

47%

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

8,481 inw/km²

Noise level

61 dB

Green surroundings

24%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,546

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

12%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Station has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 48%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–2519%
NL median 11%
25–4548%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+7%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
67% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,481 — 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 Station a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Station comes out at 101 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Station 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 Station?

In Station the police recorded 463 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (101 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 Station calculated?

Station scores 3.1 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 Station 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.