neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
Graafsebuurt zuid
1,820 residents · postal code 5213 · Part of Graafsepoort, 's-Hertogenbosch
Everything close by, safety lags
A 9.6 for amenities puts Graafsebuurt zuid among the seven hundred most accessible neighbourhoods in the Netherlands: shop, GP, school and station are all within about a kilometre. Beneath that sits a 3.0 for safety.
That figure comes from three directions at once. Violence is at almost twice the national median, vandalism at more than twice, and burglary is above it too; only property crime sits close to the middle. When the three heaviest-weighted types are all above the median, there is no mitigating explanation.
The social assistance rate here is more than six times the Dutch middle and property values stay well below the national median. What the neighbourhood does offer is 8.2 for families, with the school four hundred metres away — proximity is its strongest card.
- no. 9,282 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 69 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
How Graafsebuurt zuid scores
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Is Graafsebuurt zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Graafsebuurt zuid comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Graafsebuurt zuid 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, 117 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
Graafsebuurt zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4538%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,149 — 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 Graafsebuurt zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Graafsebuurt zuid comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Graafsebuurt zuid 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 Graafsebuurt zuid?
In Graafsebuurt zuid the police recorded 117 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Graafsebuurt zuid calculated?
Graafsebuurt zuid scores 4.7 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 Graafsebuurt zuid 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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