neighbourhood in Hilvarenbeek

Diessen

3,035 residents · postal code 5087 · Part of Diessen, Hilvarenbeek

Top 25% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

Diessen has room: fewer than fifteen hundred residents per square kilometre, a noise level clearly below the national median and greenery in the surroundings at the national level. That produces a 7.6 for quiet & nature.

The bill arrives at access. The nearest station is more than thirteen kilometres away and even a restaurant means more than two kilometres, while supermarket, GP and primary school are around the corner. That keeps the amenities pillar at a 5.8.

The 5.8 for families is more interesting than it looks. The primary school is six hundred metres away, so distance is not what pushes this figure down; what does is the population, with a quarter of residents over 65 and a share of children below the national picture.

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Is Diessen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Diessen comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Diessen 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.

Total crime

14.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

5.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

13.3 km

Restaurant

2.3 km

Hospital

9.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

3.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.5 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

€ 473,000

Welfare recipients

6.6 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

79%

Social housing

12%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

26%

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

1,458 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

433

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.6 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

11.3 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,458 — 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 Diessen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Diessen comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Diessen 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 Diessen?

In Diessen the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Diessen calculated?

Diessen scores 8.1 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 Diessen 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.