neighbourhood in Oirschot

Oirschot-Centrum

4,470 residents · postal code 5688 · Part of Oirschot, Oirschot

Bottom 36% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The burglary rate here is more than three times the national median, and that is where the 4.3 for safety comes from. Violence and vandalism barely differ from the rest of the country; what pulls Oirschot-Centrum down is residential burglary, the heaviest component in that pillar after violence.

The 5.0 for wealth & income needs more explaining, because property values here are actually above the national median. That single favourable figure sits against a social assistance rate of more than double, a thinner top income layer and more vacancy than usual. The wealth score here does not run on the bricks but on the incomes behind them.

One in three residents is 65 or older. That is part of why the families pillar stops at a 6.4 while the primary school is six hundred metres away: the distances are short, the children are few.

no. 8,491 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 15 in Oirschot

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Is Oirschot-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oirschot-Centrum comes out at 26 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

26.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

11.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 160 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

6.4 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

12.0 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 440,000

Welfare recipients

17.9 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

28%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

62%

Built after 2000

15%

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

3,621 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,142

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

28%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oirschot-Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+32%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,621 — far more 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 Oirschot-Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oirschot-Centrum comes out at 26 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 Oirschot-Centrum?

In Oirschot-Centrum the police recorded 160 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Oirschot-Centrum calculated?

Oirschot-Centrum scores 5.1 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 Oirschot-Centrum 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.