neighbourhood in Heusden

Braken-Oost

3,245 residents · postal code 5151 · Part of Drunen, Heusden

Top 17% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Braken-Oost has room: population density is a fraction of what an urban neighbourhood reaches. Even so, the quiet and nature pillar stalls at 4.0, and that comes down to one measurement. Noise exposure here is well above the national median, while greenery within three hundred metres falls below it. Space between the houses is no guarantee of silence.

The safety pillar stands differently. Violence is a third of the national middle, burglary and vandalism well below it, and property crime too. That is a rare picture: no type stands out, and the two that weigh heaviest are the lowest of all.

Anyone relying on the railway travels far — the nearest station is almost thirteen kilometres away. That component counts for only a small part of the amenities pillar, and because supermarket, GP and school are all within seven hundred metres, the pillar still comes out well above the middle.

no. 2,197 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 17 in Heusden

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Is Braken-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Braken-Oost comes out at 21 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.

Total crime

20.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

8.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 104 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

12.7 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 461,000

Welfare recipients

9.2 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

79%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

92%

Built after 2000

18%

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

1,367 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,296

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

0.7 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Braken-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,367 — far less 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 Braken-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Braken-Oost comes out at 21 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 Braken-Oost?

In Braken-Oost the police recorded 104 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Braken-Oost calculated?

Braken-Oost scores 8.7 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 Braken-Oost 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.