neighbourhood in Oisterwijk

omg. Waterhoef

2,610 residents · postal code 5061 · Part of Waterhoef, Oisterwijk

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

The railway station is a kilometre and a half away, the GP a good two — in omg. Waterhoef the balance between amenities is reversed from what you would expect at a village edge. That explains why the amenities score sticks at 5.7 even though the neighbourhood is well connected.

The 3.9 for wealth & income is the lowest figure here and has one neutral point: vacancy sits exactly on the national median. The rest points the same way — property value below the median, a narrow top income group, a broad bottom one, and a share on social assistance far above the national level. Against that stands a 7.3 for safety: violence, theft and vandalism all stay below the national median and burglary sits exactly on it.

no. 9,373 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 29 of 33 in Oisterwijk

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Is omg. Waterhoef a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, omg. Waterhoef 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

21.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

8.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 71 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

1.3 km

GP practice

2.3 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

10.3 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

3.7 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

€ 377,000

Welfare recipients

34.5 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

76%

Built after 2000

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

5,955 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,010

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.8 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.0 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,955 — 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 omg. Waterhoef a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, omg. Waterhoef 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 omg. Waterhoef?

In omg. Waterhoef the police recorded 71 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 omg. Waterhoef calculated?

omg. Waterhoef scores 4.6 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 omg. Waterhoef 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.