neighbourhood in Roosendaal

Wouw

4,680 residents · postal code 4724 · Part of Wouw, Roosendaal

Top 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Wouw scores a 7.6 for safety, and it rests on three of the four types: violence, theft and vandalism are all below the national median. Burglary is the exception and sits at more than twice the national median — a pattern that disappears completely into the neighbourhood average, and the only figure here a resident can act on themselves.

The wealth pillar cannot be summed up in one direction. The top income group is slightly wider than nationally, the bottom one sits exactly on the median, social assistance is below it — but the property value lags, and that drives nearly forty per cent of the pillar. Hence a 5.6 in a village that scores well above the middle on other points.

The nearest station is more than six kilometres away; everything you need daily is within six hundred metres.

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no. 5 of 53 in Roosendaal

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Is Wouw a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wouw comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

19.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 116 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

6.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

5.8 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 385,000

Welfare recipients

6.4 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

79%

Social housing

15%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

Built after 2000

14%

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

1,641 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

664

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

6.2 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Wouw has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,641 — 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 Wouw a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wouw comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Wouw?

In Wouw the police recorded 116 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Wouw calculated?

Wouw scores 7.9 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 Wouw 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.