neighbourhood in Oss

Vlashoek

2,490 residents · postal code 5345 · Part of Ussen, Oss

Bottom 40% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Vlashoek's safety score of 3.7 hangs almost entirely on one category: theft is recorded here twice as often as is usual nationally. Burglary and vandalism stay below the Dutch middle and violence sits slightly above it. For residents that mostly means: watch what you leave outside.

The other figures are unremarkable, and that is informative in itself. Amenities reach 8.7 because everything is within a kilometre, the station included. Wealth & income stays below the middle at 4.4, mainly through a property value below the national median and a social assistance rate more than twice the national level, while the income distribution deviates only slightly. Quiet & nature comes out at 5.6, with greenery and tree canopy above average.

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no. 56 of 90 in Oss

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Is Vlashoek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vlashoek comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vlashoek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

39.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

18.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 135 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 349,000

Welfare recipients

20.1 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

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

5,104 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,276

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.8 km

Households with children

35%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Vlashoek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,104 — 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 Vlashoek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vlashoek comes out at 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vlashoek is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Vlashoek?

In Vlashoek the police recorded 135 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (39 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 Vlashoek calculated?

Vlashoek scores 5.4 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 Vlashoek 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.