neighbourhood in Gilze en Rijen
Strijpakkers-Laars
1,820 residents · postal code 5126 · Part of Gilze, Gilze en Rijen
Safe, but not spacious
An 8.1 for safety in Strijpakkers-Laars rests on a broad picture: violence is at less than half the national median, property crime well below it and vandalism exactly on it. Only burglary is slightly above.
The wealth & income pillar is the opposite of clear-cut. Property values are almost exactly on the national median and the income groups barely differ, but the number of social assistance benefits per thousand residents is more than three times the Dutch middle. That single component explains why the pillar stalls at 5.7 while the rest looks average.
The families pillar comes to 5.6 with the primary school eight hundred metres away. Close enough, so that is not where it sits; the share of residents under fifteen lags the national picture.
- no. 4,938 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 24 in Gilze en Rijen
How Strijpakkers-Laars scores
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Is Strijpakkers-Laars a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Strijpakkers-Laars 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, 34 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 Strijpakkers-Laars looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,964 — 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 Strijpakkers-Laars a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Strijpakkers-Laars 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 Strijpakkers-Laars?
In Strijpakkers-Laars the police recorded 34 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 Strijpakkers-Laars calculated?
Strijpakkers-Laars scores 7.2 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 Strijpakkers-Laars 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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