neighbourhood in Sluis

Breskens

4,285 residents · postal code 4511 · Part of Breskens, Sluis

Bottom 16% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

One in six homes in Breskens stands empty, four times the national rate. That is the most striking figure here and it presses directly on the wealth & income pillar, where vacancy counts alongside property value and income.

Quiet & nature stalls at a 4.0 even though it is quieter here than in the average Dutch district — the noise level is almost six decibels below the median. What is missing is greenery: both the share of green and the tree canopy in the surroundings are below the national level, and there is no open water within the district boundary. Silence and greenery are not the same thing, and this pillar measures both.

Against that stands a 7.8 for safety, with violence, theft and vandalism below the national median and only burglary above it. With a station more than forty kilometres away, this is a place where a car is no luxury.

no. 10,998 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 9 of 34 in Sluis

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Is Breskens a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Breskens comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Breskens 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

15.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

4.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 79 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

44.3 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

11.4 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.2 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

€ 311,000

Welfare recipients

14.0 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

16%

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

19%

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

2,182 inw/km²

Noise level

46 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

855

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.3 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

0.7 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

11.2 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Breskens has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+35%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,182 — around the 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 Breskens a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Breskens comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Breskens 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 Breskens?

In Breskens the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Breskens calculated?

Breskens scores 3.7 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 Breskens 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.