neighbourhood in Eindhoven
Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef
4,520 residents · postal code 5627 · Part of Achtse Molen, Eindhoven
Everything for children close by, and little room
Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef stands at 8.7 and has one clear weak spot: a 4.9 for quiet & nature. The noise level is well above the national median and there is less greenery in the immediate surroundings than average, while the tree canopy is in fact thicker. The trees are there; the open space is not.
The wealth & income pillar reaches 8.0 with no exceptions: property value above the median, many top incomes, few low ones, little social assistance and almost no vacancy. That last point is striking for a neighbourhood with no new-build — people are not moving on from here.
Among the offences, violence, burglary and theft stay below the national median and vandalism sits exactly on it. The practical caveat is in the amenities pillar: the railway station is almost five kilometres away, while the GP, the school and the supermarket are all around the corner.
- no. 2,226 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 103 in Eindhoven
How Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef scores
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Is Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 83 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
The age profile of Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,477 — 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 Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef?
In Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef the police recorded 83 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef calculated?
Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef scores 8.7 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 Achtse Barrier-Spaaihoef 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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