neighbourhood in Oosterhout
Kastelenbuurt
1,785 residents · postal code 4901 · Part of Strijen, Oosterhout
Safe, but not spacious
Vacancy does not occur in the Kastelenbuurt — zero per cent, against four nationally. That is an outlier, and it says something property value does not: that is below the national middle here, and still no home stands empty.
The safety figure of 8.9 rests mainly on the two heaviest components. Violence and burglary are both below the national median and together make up almost six tenths of that pillar; only vandalism comes out slightly above.
What the neighbourhood lacks is space. The share of greenery in the immediate surroundings stays far below the national middle and the noise level is above it — that is where the 3.3 for quiet & nature comes from, and not from the crime figures, which do not count in that pillar.
- no. 3,536 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 40 in Oosterhout
How Kastelenbuurt scores
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Is Kastelenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kastelenbuurt comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kastelenbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 24 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Kastelenbuurt has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,596 — 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 Kastelenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kastelenbuurt comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kastelenbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Kastelenbuurt?
In Kastelenbuurt the police recorded 24 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 Kastelenbuurt calculated?
Kastelenbuurt scores 8.0 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 Kastelenbuurt 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.
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