neighbourhood in Oss
Maren-Kessel
765 residents · postal code 5398 · Part of Maren-Kessel, Oss
Safe, but everything is a drive away
On none of the four crime types does Maren-Kessel come out above the national middle. That is where the 9.7 for safety comes from, and no single category does the work for the other three.
For daily groceries and the GP it is a drive of over four kilometres. Those two carry the most weight in the amenities pillar together and put it at 3.6. The primary school, by contrast, is round the corner, which is why the families pillar does reach 8.5.
On wealth & income the neighbourhood sits close to the national picture, with one component standing out: the social assistance rate is above the median, while property value and income distribution barely deviate from it.
- no. 3,069 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 19 of 90 in Oss
How Maren-Kessel scores
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Is Maren-Kessel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Maren-Kessel comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Maren-Kessel 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, 9 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
The age profile of Maren-Kessel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,324 — far less 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 Maren-Kessel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Maren-Kessel comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Maren-Kessel 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 Maren-Kessel?
In Maren-Kessel the police recorded 9 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Maren-Kessel calculated?
Maren-Kessel scores 8.2 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 Maren-Kessel 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Oss.
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