neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
Vlietdijk
580 residents · postal code 5245 · Part of De Groote Wielen, 's-Hertogenbosch
Everything close by, little to spend
Vlietdijk was built entirely after 2000, and that shows in almost everything except the wealth figures. The number of social assistance benefits per thousand residents here is more than six times the Dutch middle and property values stay well below the national median; the pillar comes to 4.3.
The income distribution partly contradicts that: the share of low-income households is actually below the national picture. Two components of the same pillar point in opposite directions here, and that is exactly what an average-looking 4.3 conceals.
The safety figure is pulled down by property crime, at almost twice the national median, and by violence, at more than twice. Burglary barely happens here. With nearly six hundred residents the number of records stays limited, but the direction is clear.
- no. 9,056 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 65 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
How Vlietdijk scores
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Is Vlietdijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vlietdijk comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vlietdijk 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, 29 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
Vlietdijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 42%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–159%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4542%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
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
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,826 — 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 Vlietdijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vlietdijk comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vlietdijk 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 Vlietdijk?
In Vlietdijk the police recorded 29 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Vlietdijk calculated?
Vlietdijk scores 4.8 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 Vlietdijk 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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