neighbourhood in Oosterhout
Natuurkundigenbuurt
1,830 residents · postal code 4904 · Part of Oosterheide, Oosterhout
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Vandalism in the Natuurkundigenbuurt is over three times above the national middle, while violence, burglary and property crime all three stay below it. That is an unusual split: it is precisely the category that weighs least in the safety pillar that drags the figure down here.
The primary school is three hundred metres away, and that lifts the families pillar to 9.4 — the neighbourhood's highest figure, while the share of children is nothing out of the ordinary.
The tree canopy here is over three times as dense as nationally. Even so, quiet & nature comes out no higher than 6.5, because the noise level is above the median and the building is packed closely together.
- no. 6,243 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 22 of 40 in Oosterhout
How Natuurkundigenbuurt scores
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Is Natuurkundigenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Natuurkundigenbuurt comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 67 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
Natuurkundigenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,514 — 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 Natuurkundigenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Natuurkundigenbuurt comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Natuurkundigenbuurt?
In Natuurkundigenbuurt the police recorded 67 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Natuurkundigenbuurt calculated?
Natuurkundigenbuurt scores 6.4 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 Natuurkundigenbuurt 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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