neighbourhood in Breda

Ypelaar

5,895 residents · postal code 4834 · Part of Breda zuid-oost, Breda

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The violence figure in Ypelaar is below the national middle, and still the safety pillar hangs at a 4.6. The explanation: residential burglary here is almost three times as common as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and property crime and vandalism are above the national line too. So anyone moving here watches their locks rather than the street at night.

A second thing the table does not show: almost a third of the residents of this Breda neighbourhood are 65 or older, while the families score comes out above average with a 7.0. That pillar consists for the most part of distances to school and childcare, not of who lives there. The wealth pillar hangs exactly in the middle: incomes hardly deviate from the national picture, property value is slightly below it.

no. 6,637 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 26 of 55 in Breda

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Is Ypelaar a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ypelaar comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

26.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

11.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 209 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

4.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

1.8 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

20.4 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

31%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

54%

Built after 2000

14%

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

5,020 inw/km²

Noise level

50 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

2,150

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.7 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Ypelaar has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,020 — 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 Ypelaar a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Ypelaar comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Ypelaar?

In Ypelaar the police recorded 209 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Ypelaar calculated?

Ypelaar scores 6.2 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 Ypelaar 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.