neighbourhood in Heusden
Vijfhoeven
7,200 residents · postal code 5251 · Part of Vlijmen, Heusden
- no. 2,812 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
- no. 6 of 17 in Heusden
Scores per pillar
Vijfhoeven in Vlijmen scores well across the board, with an 8.4 total and strong marks for housing (8.1) and cohesion (7.9). It is a spacious family district — 93 percent single-family houses, four in ten households with children and barely thirteen offences per thousand. At 475,000 euro the average home sits above the national median. Amenities lag at 5.7 and the station is almost eight kilometres off, underlining the rural setting.
Amenities nearby
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.
per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)
Housing
Who lives here
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Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Vijfhoeven calculated?
Vijfhoeven scores 8.4 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.
Is Vijfhoeven a safe neighbourhood?
Vijfhoeven scores 7.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (13.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.