neighbourhood in Gilze en Rijen
Centrumgebied Oost Rijen
1,890 residents · postal code 5121 · Part of Rijen, Gilze en Rijen
Everything close by, little space
Rarely do a neighbourhood's wealth components sit as precisely on the national middle as in Centrumgebied Oost Rijen: the share of high incomes, the share of low incomes and vacancy barely differ from the Dutch median. Only property values are below it, and that explains the 5.6 almost single-handedly.
Where this part of Rijen does stand out is accessibility: 9.1 for amenities, with shop, GP, school and restaurant within half a kilometre and the station a kilometre and a half away.
The price shows up in quiet & nature, a 3.5. The green in the immediate surroundings does not even reach two thirds of the national middle and more than six thousand people live per square kilometre. Noise here is actually below the median, so it is the built-up density and not the din that makes this figure.
- no. 3,959 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 24 in Gilze en Rijen
How Centrumgebied Oost Rijen scores
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Is Centrumgebied Oost Rijen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Centrumgebied Oost Rijen comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 35 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 Centrumgebied Oost Rijen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,030 — 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 Centrumgebied Oost Rijen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Centrumgebied Oost Rijen comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Centrumgebied Oost Rijen?
In Centrumgebied Oost Rijen the police recorded 35 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Centrumgebied Oost Rijen calculated?
Centrumgebied Oost Rijen scores 7.7 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 Centrumgebied Oost Rijen 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Gilze en Rijen
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Gilze en Rijen.
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