neighbourhood in Helmond

Straakven

2,975 residents · postal code 5703 · Part of Helmond-Oost, Helmond

Bottom 12% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

All four types of offence in Straakven are above the national median, and the total is more than double it. Burglary stands out furthest in relative terms; property offences produce the most reports.

Even so, there is an 8.6 for families. The primary school is six hundred metres away, and that distance lifts the pillar far above the rest of the neighbourhood.

The wealth score of 3.1 rests on property value, which is at just over half the national median, and on a rate of social assistance five times the national level. Vacancy is the only component pointing the other way.

no. 11,579 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 33 of 42 in Helmond

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Is Straakven 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

53.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.0 per 1,000

Property crime

19.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 211 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

2.2 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 256,000

Welfare recipients

40.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

40%

Social housing

58%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

62%

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

4,385 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,126

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.6 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Straakven has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,385 — 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 Straakven a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Straakven comes out at 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Straakven 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 Straakven?

In Straakven the police recorded 211 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (53 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 Straakven calculated?

Straakven scores 3.4 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 Straakven 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.