neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch

Oud Empel

100 residents · postal code 5235 · Part of Maaspoort, 's-Hertogenbosch

Top 44% in the Netherlands

Well-off, but not carefree

With a hundred residents, Oud Empel is small enough that Statistics Netherlands does not publish the income distribution — with too few households those figures stay empty. The wealth & income pillar therefore rests mainly on property value here, which is well over twice the national median; hence the 9.5.

Those same small numbers make the safety figure shaky. A 3.8 sounds harsh, but at this size every single reported offence already amounts to a sizeable rate per thousand residents. What the figures do show is that vandalism and property crime are above the national middle and burglary exactly on it.

Vacancy is the figure that does not fit the rest: it is above the national median, while property value here comes out far above the national level.

no. 5,631 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 42 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch

This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.

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Is Oud Empel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Empel comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

31.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

11.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 6 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

1.4 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

5.5 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

2.3 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

6.5 km

Motorway ramp

4.6 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

€ 860,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

92%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

30%

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

110 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

Water share

24%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,074

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

1.3 km

Households with children

49%

Childcare

1.1 km

Secondary school

5.1 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oud Empel has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2518%
NL median 11%
25–4511%
NL median 22%
45–6542%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
49% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
110 — 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 Oud Empel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oud Empel comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Oud Empel?

In Oud Empel the police recorded 6 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Oud Empel calculated?

Oud Empel scores 6.8 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 Oud Empel 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.