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Beemdenbuurt

1,905 residents · postal code 4907 · Part of Dommelbergen, Oosterhout

Top 47% in the Netherlands

How we calculate

The Beemdenbuurt in Oosterhout keeps to the middle throughout: a 6.9 for both safety and amenities, and otherwise scores that rarely stray far from the national median. Just over eighty percent are single-family homes, half are owner-occupied, and the average value of €304,000 stays below the national middle. Social cohesion is the weak spot at 3.7. Crime sits at 21 per 1,000 people present, just under the average.

  • no. 6,069 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
  • no. 19 of 40 in Oosterhout

How Beemdenbuurt scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
21.2 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.7 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.1 per 1,000
Property crime
6.5 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 45 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
0.7 km
GP practice
0.5 km
Train station
10.7 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Hospital
2.2 km
Café
1.9 km
Library
0.8 km
Motorway ramp
2.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.
Property value
€ 304,000
Welfare recipients
31.5 per 1,000
High incomes
13%
Low incomes
42%
Vacancy
1%
Owner-occupied
50%
Social housing
48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
82%
Built after 2000
9%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
4,034 inw/km²
Noise level
55 dB
Green surroundings
37%
Trees nearby
11%
Water share
4%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
1,518
Fine particles (PM2.5)
10.4 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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The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.4 km
Households with children
33%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.5 km
Residents under 15
14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

  • 0–1514%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2513%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4524%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6530%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+20%

    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

    2.1smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    35%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    33%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    4,034far 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

How is the grade for Beemdenbuurt calculated?

Beemdenbuurt scores 6.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Beemdenbuurt lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.

Is Beemdenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Beemdenbuurt scores 6.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (21.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.

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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Oosterhout.

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