neighbourhood in Helmond
Schutsboom
3,330 residents · postal code 5706 · Part of Brandevoort, Helmond
Everything for children close by, and little room
Schutsboom scores 9.8 for families and 4.0 for quiet & nature, and those are two sides of the same building choice. A lot stands on little ground, and that is exactly why the primary school is a few hundred metres away — school distance is almost two thirds of the families pillar.
The quiet & nature pillar counts no crime at all, only density, noise, greenery, tree canopy and water. Here it is mainly the first two that weigh it down: traffic noise is above the national median and the housing is compact. Greenery in the surrounding area stays just below it. That is the price of everything being within walking distance.
The 9.3 for safety does not rest on one missing type of offence. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit below the national median, and the wealth & income figures point the same way: high property value, little social assistance, hardly any vacancy and a top layer considerably thicker than the national one.
- no. 338 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 42 in Helmond
How Schutsboom scores
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Is Schutsboom a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schutsboom comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Schutsboom is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 51 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
Schutsboom has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2518%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6536%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
57% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,196 — 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 Schutsboom a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schutsboom comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Schutsboom is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Schutsboom?
In Schutsboom the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Schutsboom calculated?
Schutsboom scores 9.8 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 Schutsboom 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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