neighbourhood in Overbetuwe
Kern Oosterhout
2,045 residents · postal code 6678 · Part of Oosterhout, Overbetuwe
Safe, but not spacious
Kern Oosterhout has plenty of green around it and a noise level three decibels below the national median — and still a 4.9 for quiet & nature. The explanation lies in the two components that catch the eye less: the tree canopy here covers only half what is usual nationally and there is no surface water, while more than three thousand people live per square kilometre.
The 8.6 for safety has one exception. Violence, burglary and property crime are well below the national median, but vandalism is above it — the only type that occurs here more often than average. The wealth & income figure of 6.7 is mildly favourable across the board: property value just above the median, more households with a high income than nationally, fewer with a low one, and little vacancy.
- no. 2,684 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 22 of 77 in Overbetuwe
How Kern Oosterhout scores
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Is Kern Oosterhout a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Oosterhout comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Oosterhout 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, 31 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 Kern Oosterhout looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,256 — 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 Kern Oosterhout a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Oosterhout comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Oosterhout 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 Kern Oosterhout?
In Kern Oosterhout the police recorded 31 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Kern Oosterhout calculated?
Kern Oosterhout scores 8.5 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 Kern Oosterhout 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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