neighbourhood in Heusden
Vijfhoeven
7,200 residents · postal code 5251 · Part of Vlijmen, Heusden
Safe, but everything is a drive away
The total number of registered offences in Vijfhoeven stays well below the national median, and yet the safety pillar gets no further than a 8.0. The explanation is in the breakdown: burglary occurs three times as often here as elsewhere in the Netherlands, and burglary is the heaviest item after violence. Violence, theft and vandalism all three stay below it.
Noise is the second thing that stands out. At more than four decibels below the national midpoint this is measurably quieter than most neighbourhoods, and together with an ample greenery measurement that produces a 7.8 for quiet. Wealth keeps pace: a property value well above the average, little vacancy and a social assistance rate that lies almost exactly at the Dutch level.
- no. 1,834 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 17 in Heusden
How Vijfhoeven scores
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Is Vijfhoeven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vijfhoeven comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Vijfhoeven 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, 117 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
Vijfhoeven has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,300 — around the 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 Vijfhoeven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vijfhoeven comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Vijfhoeven 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 Vijfhoeven?
In Vijfhoeven the police recorded 117 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 Vijfhoeven calculated?
Vijfhoeven scores 8.9 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 Vijfhoeven 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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