neighbourhood in Oosterhout

Bloemenbuurt

1,760 residents · postal code 4904 · Part of Oosterheide, Oosterhout

Bottom 6% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

All four crime types in the Bloemenbuurt are above the national middle, with property crime and violence both well above it. That is the picture behind a 2.9 for safety: no single type explains it on its own.

The wealth & income pillar points down just as unambiguously. Property value is far below the national median, the top income group is less than half the national share, the bottom one broader, and the social assistance rate is a multiple of the median. Only vacancy stays below the national level.

Against that stands a 7.9 for amenities. The supermarket is round the corner, the GP and primary school a little over a kilometre away. Those distances explain why the families pillar comes out no lower than 5.7 — though that does not make the school within walking distance for a young child.

no. 12,375 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 39 of 40 in Oosterhout

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Is Bloemenbuurt a safe 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

52.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

17.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 151 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

0.4 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

8.3 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 276,000

Welfare recipients

45.5 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

50%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

64%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

66%

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

2,691 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

34%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,822

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.6 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

1.3 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bloemenbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,691 — 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 Bloemenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenbuurt comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bloemenbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Bloemenbuurt?

In Bloemenbuurt the police recorded 151 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (52 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 Bloemenbuurt calculated?

Bloemenbuurt scores 2.9 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 Bloemenbuurt 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.