neighbourhood in Eindhoven
Generalenbuurt
5,545 residents · postal code 5623 · Part of Begijnenbroek, Eindhoven
Everything close by, little space
Between the 8.1 for amenities and the 3.2 for the overall score, the Generalenbuurt shows a gap you rarely see this wide. Everything is within walking distance, and on virtually every other front the neighbourhood lags behind. With safety that is not a matter of one type of offence: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism are all four registered more often than nationally, and for property crime it is a matter of almost double. There is no component that keeps the pillar upright.
With wealth the social assistance density stands out: it lies well over four times as high as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, alongside a property value considerably below it. The bottom income group is broader than nationally, the top one thinner — all the components point down, and that is how you arrive at a 3.9.
- no. 11,796 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 79 of 103 in Eindhoven
How Generalenbuurt scores
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Is Generalenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Generalenbuurt comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Generalenbuurt 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.
In 2025, 320 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
Generalenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4534%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,784 — 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 Generalenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Generalenbuurt comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Generalenbuurt 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 Generalenbuurt?
In Generalenbuurt the police recorded 320 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Generalenbuurt calculated?
Generalenbuurt scores 3.2 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 Generalenbuurt 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Eindhoven.
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