neighbourhood in Sint-Michielsgestel
Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet
2,720 residents · postal code 5272 · Part of Sint-Michielsgestel, Sint-Michielsgestel
Safe, but not spacious
Rarely does a neighbourhood sit as precisely on the national average as Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet does on incomes: both the share of high incomes and the share of low incomes match the national median exactly. What holds the wealth pillar at a 5.5 are the two components that do not — a property value just below the median and a social assistance rate at almost three times it.
The 8.5 for safety follows a comparable pattern. Vandalism, theft and violence all three sit below the national middle, while burglary sits exactly on it. Vandalism gets no further than a quarter of the national median.
The primary school is six hundred metres away and the supermarket seven hundred, but the railway station is more than six kilometres out. That is why amenities comes out no higher than a 6.5.
- no. 3,946 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 16 of 23 in Sint-Michielsgestel
How Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet scores
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Is Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 55 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
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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
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Who lives here
The age profile of Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,240 — 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 Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet 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 Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet?
In Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet the police recorded 55 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet calculated?
Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet scores 7.7 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 Venkant, Beekkant en Beekvliet 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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