neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
Kom Engelen
2,700 residents · postal code 5221 · Part of Engelen, 's-Hertogenbosch
Safe, and nowhere really weak
Kom Engelen scores well above the national middle on four of the five pillars, and yet the amenities score stalls at 6.7. The reason is a single distance: the nearest railway station is almost six kilometres away, while the supermarket, GP and restaurant are all within a kilometre. The station counts for sixteen per cent of that pillar and that is enough to dampen the rest.
The wealth & income pillar here is strong across its full width: property value is well above the Dutch median, the share of high incomes is considerably higher than nationally, and both social assistance and vacancy are below it. Among the offences there is one exception to the low level — burglaries are above the national middle, while violence, criminal damage and property crime stay clearly below. In a neighbourhood of this size that means a handful of cases a year, but it is the only category that stands out.
- no. 190 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
How Kom Engelen scores
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Is Kom Engelen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kom Engelen comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kom Engelen 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, 46 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 Kom Engelen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6534%
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
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,220 — around the 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 Kom Engelen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kom Engelen comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kom Engelen 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 Kom Engelen?
In Kom Engelen the police recorded 46 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Kom Engelen calculated?
Kom Engelen scores 9.9 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 Kom Engelen 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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