neighbourhood in Heusden
Nieuwkuijk
2,210 residents · postal code 5253 · Part of Nieuwkuijk, Heusden
Safe, and nowhere really weak
Nieuwkuijk is exceptionally thinly built — its population density is a fraction of what an average Dutch neighbourhood has — and that is where the 7.3 for quiet & nature comes from. Not from noise, which here is above the national median, nor from greenery, which sits almost exactly on it. Space alone does lift that pillar, then.
The 7.3 for wealth & income is carried by property value as its main component: that is well above the median, alongside little social assistance and a top income group slightly broader than nationally.
What you give up is the railway: the station is nearly ten kilometres away, while the GP, school and restaurant are within seven hundred metres. On safety only burglary rises above the national middle; violence, theft and vandalism are below it, violence at less than half the median.
- no. 1,531 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 17 in Heusden
How Nieuwkuijk scores
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Is Nieuwkuijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuwkuijk comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Nieuwkuijk 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, 41 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
The age profile of Nieuwkuijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
659 — 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 Nieuwkuijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuwkuijk comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Nieuwkuijk 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 Nieuwkuijk?
In Nieuwkuijk the police recorded 41 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Nieuwkuijk calculated?
Nieuwkuijk scores 9.1 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 Nieuwkuijk 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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