neighbourhood in Tilburg
Berkel Noord
2,435 residents · postal code 5056 · Part of Berkel-Enschot, Tilburg
Safe, but not spacious
In Berkel Noord, crime is mainly something that is absent: the total number of reported offences is about half the national middle, with theft and vandalism far below it. Only violence sits slightly above, and that alone is why the safety score stops at 7.9 rather than climbing higher.
The 7.3 for families comes down to one address: the primary school is a good kilometre away, and school distance is the largest component of that pillar. The above-average share of households with children does not make up for it.
Quiet & nature gets no further than 3.9, despite a noise level exactly on the national median. The share of greenery in the immediate surroundings lags, and the building density is high.
- no. 4,066 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 57 of 215 in Tilburg
How Berkel Noord scores
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Is Berkel Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Berkel Noord comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Berkel Noord 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, 34 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
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
Who lives here
Berkel Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,885 — 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 Berkel Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Berkel Noord comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Berkel Noord 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 Berkel Noord?
In Berkel Noord the police recorded 34 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Berkel Noord calculated?
Berkel Noord 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 Berkel Noord 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Tilburg.
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