neighbourhood in Laarbeek

Aarle-Rixtel

5,315 residents · postal code 5735 · Part of Aarle-Rixtel, Laarbeek

Top 16% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

In Aarle-Rixtel wealth hardly deviates from the national picture, and that goes for every component separately: the property value is slightly above it, the share of high and low incomes just around it, social assistance below it and little stands empty. The 6.0 that follows from that is therefore not a weak point but exactly the average.

More striking is the 6.3 for families in a village where the primary school is around the corner. That figure comes from the population: more than a quarter of the residents are 65 or older and few children live there.

The station is kilometres away, and yet the amenities pillar stands at an 8.1. That is because the two heaviest components — the supermarket and the GP — are both a few minutes' walk away here.

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Is Aarle-Rixtel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Aarle-Rixtel comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Aarle-Rixtel is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

13.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

3.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 92 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

5.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 442,000

Welfare recipients

7.5 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

69%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

87%

Built after 2000

20%

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

2,130 inw/km²

Noise level

51 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

648

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.7 km

Secondary school

2.9 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Aarle-Rixtel has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,130 — 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 Aarle-Rixtel a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Aarle-Rixtel?

In Aarle-Rixtel the police recorded 92 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 Aarle-Rixtel calculated?

Aarle-Rixtel 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 Aarle-Rixtel 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.