neighbourhood in Sluis

Oostburg

4,295 residents · postal code 4501 · Part of Oostburg, Sluis

Bottom 10% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The nearest railway station is almost fifty kilometres away, and yet Oostburg reaches a 6.3 for amenities. That pillar is mostly about everyday distances, and the shop, the GP and a restaurant are all within a kilometre here. Anyone wanting to travel without a car notices none of it.

The safety figure of 3.9 has an unusual cause for a place of this size. Property offences are actually below the national median; it is violence and vandalism that come out above it. Less is stolen here than average, but more happens on the street.

On the wealth & income side every component points the same way: low property values, few high incomes, plenty of social assistance and vacancy above the national level. With three in ten residents over sixty-five this is also a strongly ageing population.

no. 11,832 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 34 in Sluis

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Is Oostburg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oostburg comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

27.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

6.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 157 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

0.6 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

48.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

7.0 km

Library

1.0 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

€ 263,000

Welfare recipients

25.6 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

46%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

62%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

Built after 2000

12%

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

2,267 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

54%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

803

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 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

0.6 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oostburg has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,267 — 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 Oostburg a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oostburg comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Oostburg?

In Oostburg the police recorded 157 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Oostburg calculated?

Oostburg scores 3.2 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 Oostburg 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.