neighbourhood in Sint-Michielsgestel

Berlicum

4,570 residents · postal code 5258 · Part of Berlicum, Sint-Michielsgestel

Top 14% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Berlicum stands at 9.0, and the lowest score within it is quiet & nature: 4.7. Remarkable, because it is genuinely quieter here than average. The score is held down by greenery and the tree canopy within three hundred metres, both below the national level, and by density.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 6.9 on a property value above the national median and a social assistance rate below it. The income distribution points the same way, with one caveat: the share of low incomes sits exactly on the national median.

Among the offences only burglary rises above average. For anyone looking at this neighbourhood the practical caveat is the GP, one and a half kilometres away, while the school, the supermarket and a restaurant are all within half a kilometre.

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no. 8 of 23 in Sint-Michielsgestel

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Is Berlicum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Berlicum comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Berlicum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

15.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

7.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 91 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

0.5 km

GP practice

1.5 km

Train station

5.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

5.3 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 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

€ 470,000

Welfare recipients

6.6 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

74%

Built after 2000

32%

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

3,730 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

839

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.4 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

5.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Berlicum looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,730 — 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 Berlicum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Berlicum comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Berlicum 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 Berlicum?

In Berlicum the police recorded 91 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Berlicum calculated?

Berlicum scores 9.0 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 Berlicum 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.