neighbourhood in 's-Hertogenbosch
Zuid
3,965 residents · postal code 5216 · Part of Zuidoost, 's-Hertogenbosch
Everything close by, safety lags
A 7.8 for wealth & income and a 3.4 for safety in the same place: that is the tension in Zuid. The wealth side is unambiguous — property values above the national median, many households on a high income, little social assistance, few low incomes. The safety figure comes mainly from theft, which accounts for more than half of all records here, with violence and burglary above the median too.
That quiet & nature still reaches a 7.4, while it is no quieter here than the national norm, is down to water: a quarter of the surface consists of it, where the average neighbourhood has almost none. In that pillar water counts for as much as greenery or noise.
The families pillar stops at a 6.0 even though the primary school is within walking distance. The explanation is the population: more than a third is 65 or over, and there are few children.
- no. 4,247 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 34 of 94 in 's-Hertogenbosch
How Zuid scores
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Is Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuid comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: 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, 220 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
Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+37%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,120 — 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 Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuid comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: 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 Zuid?
In Zuid the police recorded 220 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Zuid calculated?
Zuid scores 7.6 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 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of 's-Hertogenbosch.
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