neighbourhood in Heusden

Vliedberg

4,595 residents · postal code 5251 · Part of Vlijmen, Heusden

Top 43% in the Netherlands

Plenty of space, less prosperity

Vliedberg has fewer than six hundred residents per square kilometre, and that shows up everywhere in the figures: plenty of greenery within walking distance, a noise level far below the national median, an 8.7 for quiet & nature.

Even so, safety stops at 5.6, while the number of reported offences is below the national median. The cause is the heaviest item in that pillar: violence counts for almost a third of it and is higher here than average, whereas theft and vandalism stay below. A low total does not automatically mean a quiet street.

The price of that space sits in the amenities pillar. The railway station is more than eight kilometres away and the GP just over a kilometre; only the supermarket and the primary school are close. That the families pillar still reaches 7.8 comes mainly from that short school distance.

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no. 10 of 17 in Heusden

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Is Vliedberg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vliedberg comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch 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

22.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 138 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

1.3 km

Train station

8.1 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

4.9 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 384,000

Welfare recipients

26.1 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

54%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

Built after 2000

14%

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

586 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

66%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,061

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.5 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

4.9 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Vliedberg looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
586 — 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 Vliedberg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vliedberg comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Vliedberg?

In Vliedberg the police recorded 138 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Vliedberg calculated?

Vliedberg scores 6.8 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 Vliedberg 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.