neighbourhood in Heusden
Vlijmen-Dorp
4,230 residents · postal code 5251 · Part of Vlijmen, Heusden
Everything close by, safety lags
All four offence types in Vlijmen-Dorp are above the national median, and that is unusual for a place where wealth & income comes out above the median. The 3.5 for safety weighs on the overall score hardest here, and no type softens the picture.
Quiet & nature still reaches a 6.9, despite a noise level more than six decibels above the median. Greenery and trees are well above the national median here and the building is light; that offsets the noise largely, but not entirely.
The families figure of 5.2 is the second weak point. The primary school is eight hundred metres away — not far, but not around the corner either — and with a share of children below the national median the pillar then lands mid-table.
- no. 7,835 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 17 in Heusden
How Vlijmen-Dorp scores
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Is Vlijmen-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vlijmen-Dorp comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.
In 2025, 198 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 Vlijmen-Dorp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,623 — 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 Vlijmen-Dorp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vlijmen-Dorp comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Vlijmen-Dorp?
In Vlijmen-Dorp the police recorded 198 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Vlijmen-Dorp calculated?
Vlijmen-Dorp scores 5.5 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 Vlijmen-Dorp 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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