neighbourhood in Stichtse Vecht

Breukelen Midden

2,125 residents · postal code 3621 · Part of Breukelen, Stichtse Vecht

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

A third of the residents of Breukelen Midden are 65 or older, and yet families stands at 9.0. The primary school is three hundred metres away, and that distance, together with childcare and secondary education, makes up the bulk of the pillar. So the score says something about access, not about who lives here.

The 4.3 for safety needs explaining, because total reported offences are close to the national median. The difference is in the distribution: violence is clearly above it, and violence is exactly what weighs most in this pillar.

Property value is above the national median, but the wealth & income pillar stays at 4.8. The social assistance rate is many times the median, vacancy is higher than average and the share of low incomes is above the national picture. Rich in bricks, less so in income — that is the pattern here.

no. 6,031 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 42 of 84 in Stichtse Vecht

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Is Breukelen Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Breukelen Midden comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

24.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

9.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 77 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

0.7 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

11.1 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 435,000

Welfare recipients

23.5 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

50%

Built after 2000

13%

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

7,237 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,250

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

0.3 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Breukelen Midden has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+33%
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
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,237 — 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 Breukelen Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Breukelen Midden comes out at 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Breukelen Midden?

In Breukelen Midden the police recorded 77 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (25 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 Breukelen Midden calculated?

Breukelen Midden scores 6.5 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 Breukelen Midden 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.