neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
De Vutter
100 residents · postal code 5221 · Part of Engelen, 's-Hertogenbosch
Well-off, but not carefree
De Vutter has around a hundred residents, and that makes the crime figure hard to read. Per thousand residents the neighbourhood is far above the national middle on violence and property crime, but behind such a rate lie only a handful of registrations. The 3.4 for safety is a signal rather than a verdict.
What is more robust: the noise level. It is substantially above the national median, unusual for a thinly populated place, and it keeps the quiet & nature pillar at 5.5 despite little built-up area and a share of greenery above average.
On incomes, Statistics Netherlands publishes nothing at this number of households. The 7.8 for wealth & income therefore rests almost entirely on property value, which is well above the national middle, and on the absence of social assistance benefits.
- no. 8,885 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 64 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How De Vutter scores
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Is De Vutter a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Vutter comes out at 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Vutter 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, 38 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
De Vutter has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
248 — 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 De Vutter a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Vutter comes out at 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Vutter 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 De Vutter?
In De Vutter the police recorded 38 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (53 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 De Vutter calculated?
De Vutter scores 4.9 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 De Vutter 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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