neighbourhood in Eindhoven

Driehoeksbos

940 residents · postal code 5624 · Part of Ontginning, Eindhoven

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

Few neighbourhoods combine a 9.6 for wealth & income with a 2.6 for safety, and in Driehoeksbos that tension sits in a single offence type. Property crime here is at almost four times the national median, while violence and vandalism are only modestly above it. What goes wrong here concerns possessions.

The wealth side is strong across the board: property values far above the national median, more high and fewer low incomes than nationally, no social assistance and little vacancy. Not one component contradicts it.

The age structure partly explains the 4.6 for families. Almost four in ten residents are 65 or older against roughly one in eleven under fifteen, and the primary school is more than a kilometre away. This is a neighbourhood whose children have long since left.

no. 9,042 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 51 of 103 in Eindhoven

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Is Driehoeksbos a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

68.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.4 per 1,000

Property crime

34.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 112 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

1.3 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

4.6 km

Motorway ramp

3.7 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

€ 610,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

Built after 2000

35%

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

1,217 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,457

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

1.4 km

Households with children

32%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

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Who lives here

Driehoeksbos has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4513%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+37%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,217 — far less 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 Driehoeksbos a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Driehoeksbos comes out at 69 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Driehoeksbos 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 Driehoeksbos?

In Driehoeksbos the police recorded 112 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (69 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 Driehoeksbos calculated?

Driehoeksbos scores 4.8 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 Driehoeksbos 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.