neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
Binnenstad oost
1,960 residents · postal code 5211 · Part of Binnenstad, 's-Hertogenbosch
Everything close by, except school and childcare
Binnenstad oost pays for its location in reported crime. Recorded violence is at more than three times the national median and property crime at almost three times; only burglary stays far below the middle. That is not the profile of a neighbourhood where only bicycles disappear, so the 3.6 for safety is no artefact of a busy nightlife area.
The wealth & income pillar shows how different the residents are from one another. Property values are above the national median and so is the share of high incomes, but the social assistance rate is almost four times the Dutch middle. A 5.6 built out of extremes, not out of averages.
At 3.5 for families this is no place for children: six per cent of residents are under fifteen and the primary school is more than a kilometre away.
- no. 10,712 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 77 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
How Binnenstad oost scores
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Is Binnenstad oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Binnenstad oost comes out at 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad oost 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.
In 2025, 217 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
Binnenstad oost has strikingly few children under 15: 6%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–156%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
66% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,783 — 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 Binnenstad oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Binnenstad oost comes out at 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad oost 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 Binnenstad oost?
In Binnenstad oost the police recorded 217 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (57 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 Binnenstad oost calculated?
Binnenstad oost scores 3.9 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 Binnenstad oost 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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