neighbourhood in Helmond

Rijpelberg-West

4,805 residents · postal code 5709 · Part of Rijpelberg, Helmond

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Rijpelberg-West has the density of a city neighbourhood and a noise level above the Dutch middle, and nonetheless scores a 7.5 for quiet & nature. That comes from the greenery: the tree canopy there is almost three times as large as in the average neighbourhood, and the greenery share around it lies above the median too.

On wealth the picture is more precise than the score suggests. The share of households on a low income lies exactly at the national level, so the bottom end is no broader here than elsewhere. What makes the 4.2 is the property value, which lags far behind, and a share of social assistance benefits of more than three times the average.

The 8.6 for families says mainly something about distances — school and childcare together are good for half of that pillar — and the primary school here is five hundred metres away.

no. 6,074 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 20 of 42 in Helmond

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Is Rijpelberg-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijpelberg-West comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

19.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

4.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

2.1 km

Hospital

4.9 km

Café

2.9 km

Library

4.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 295,000

Welfare recipients

25.0 per 1,000

High incomes

13%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

67%

Social housing

28%

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

5,545 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

26%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,594

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

0.5 km

Households with children

38%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Rijpelberg-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,545 — 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 Rijpelberg-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijpelberg-West comes out at 19 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 Rijpelberg-West?

In Rijpelberg-West the police recorded 112 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Rijpelberg-West calculated?

Rijpelberg-West scores 6.5 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 Rijpelberg-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.