neighbourhood in Oosterhout

Vrachelen-Noord

2,615 residents · postal code 4906 · Part of Vrachelen, Oosterhout

Top 27% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

The weakest pillar in Vrachelen-Noord is quiet & nature, at 4.6, and it cannot be blamed on noise alone. The noise level is only slightly above the national median; what really falls below it is the surrounding greenery and above all the tree canopy.

The amenities score of 5.3 is a sum of contradictions: supermarket, GP and primary school are close by, but the railway station is ten kilometres off and that weighs heavily. For families the neighbourhood works out better — an 8.3, carried by the short school distance and by almost four in ten households with children. The safety score of 8.4 fits alongside: none of the recorded offence types rises above the national median, and burglary sits exactly on it.

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Is Vrachelen-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vrachelen-Noord comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Vrachelen-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

14.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

3.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 47 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

1.1 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

10.0 km

Restaurant

1.9 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

2.4 km

Library

3.4 km

Motorway ramp

3.6 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

€ 430,000

Welfare recipients

3.8 per 1,000

High incomes

26%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

72%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

Built after 2000

38%

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

2,721 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,002

Fine particles (PM2.5)

10.3 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

0.6 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Vrachelen-Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6532%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,721 — 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 Vrachelen-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Vrachelen-Noord?

In Vrachelen-Noord the police recorded 47 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 Vrachelen-Noord calculated?

Vrachelen-Noord 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 Vrachelen-Noord 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.