neighbourhood in Oss

Centrum-West

3,375 residents · postal code 5341 · Part of Centrum, Oss

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Violence is recorded in Centrum-West almost twice as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and together with property crime that explains the 3.4 for safety. Vandalism, by contrast, is slightly below the median, so the picture of an area mainly dealing with broken things does not apply here.

Against that stands the 9.5 for amenities: the restaurant, supermarket and station are all around the corner, which in a municipal centre with almost a third of residents over 65 counts for more than the map shows. The families pillar lags at 5.1, and here that does partly come from distance: the primary school is further away than the supermarket, while one in nine residents is under fifteen. Where childcare and secondary education are, we do not know.

no. 11,427 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 86 of 90 in Oss

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Is Centrum-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum-West comes out at 32 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.

Total crime

31.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

14.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 138 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 294,000

Welfare recipients

35.6 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

42%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

55%

Built after 2000

18%

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

6,504 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,917

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.9 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum-West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,504 — 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 Centrum-West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum-West comes out at 32 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 Centrum-West?

In Centrum-West the police recorded 138 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Centrum-West calculated?

Centrum-West scores 3.4 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 Centrum-West 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.