neighbourhood in Helmond

Brouwhuis-West

2,700 residents · postal code 5704 · Part of Brouwhuis, Helmond

Bottom 45% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

The gap between the strongest and the weakest pillar in Brouwhuis-West is almost six points. Families sits at 9.7, wealth & income at 3.9 and safety at 3.8. The first of those comes largely from distance: the primary school is three hundred metres away, and school and childcare distance together make up nearly two thirds of that pillar. There are no unusually many children here; the facilities are simply close by.

The two low scores are connected without explaining each other. The social assistance rate here is well over four times the usual national level and property value stays far below the Dutch median — that is the wealth pillar, right across the board. The crime figure is a different story: property offences run at more than twice the national middle, but so does violence, and then it is not only about things disappearing. What the table does not add: noise levels here are well above the national level, which helps explain the modest 5.1 for quiet & nature.

no. 7,284 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 42 in Helmond

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Is Brouwhuis-West 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

40.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

19.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 140 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

0.5 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

5.4 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

4.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 283,000

Welfare recipients

33.3 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

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

4,618 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,609

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.3 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Brouwhuis-West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
NL median 28%
65+14%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,618 — 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 Brouwhuis-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Brouwhuis-West comes out at 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Brouwhuis-West 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 Brouwhuis-West?

In Brouwhuis-West the police recorded 140 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (41 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 Brouwhuis-West calculated?

Brouwhuis-West scores 5.8 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 Brouwhuis-West 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.