neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
Paleiskwartier
3,725 residents · postal code 5223 · Part of West, 's-Hertogenbosch
Everything close by, little space
Three per cent of residents in the Paleiskwartier are under fifteen, and only seven in a hundred households have children. That is the heart of the 4.1 for families, and a primary school a kilometre away does not help — distance is the heaviest component in that pillar.
The wealth & income figures almost all point upward: many households in the top income group, few in the bottom one, hardly any social assistance. Only the property value sits on the national median and vacancy slightly above it, which explains a 7.0 rather than something higher.
The 3.6 for quiet & nature fits a neighbourhood with barely any greenery within reach. Safety comes out at 4.7, with property crime running more than twice above the national median and burglary below it.
- no. 8,493 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 59 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
How Paleiskwartier scores
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Is Paleiskwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Paleiskwartier comes out at 36 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.
In 2025, 213 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
Paleiskwartier has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 48%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–153%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4548%
NL median 22%
- 45–6519%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
7% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,743 — 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 Paleiskwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Paleiskwartier comes out at 36 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 Paleiskwartier?
In Paleiskwartier the police recorded 213 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Paleiskwartier calculated?
Paleiskwartier scores 5.1 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 Paleiskwartier 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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