neighbourhood in Tilburg
Binnenstad Oost
3,075 residents · postal code 5038 · Part of Binnenstad, Tilburg
Everything close by, safety lags
The number of reported offences in Binnenstad Oost is more than seven times the national median. Theft accounts for by far the largest part of that, but violence here is at the same time around ten times the national middle — so this is not only a place where things disappear. The 2.5 for safety is among the lowest scores in the country.
The 2.6 for quiet & nature comes from the same source: very high population density, little greenery, hardly any tree canopy and a lot of noise. In a nightlife district those are not separate facts but the same fact, measured twice.
Whoever lives here largely lives alone: seven in ten households consist of one person and households with children are a rarity. The 4.4 for families follows from that, and from the primary school being the one amenity not around the corner. Accessibility, at a 9.2, is fine.
- no. 12,855 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 209 of 215 in Tilburg
How Binnenstad Oost scores
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Is Binnenstad Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Binnenstad Oost comes out at 175 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 1,064 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
Binnenstad Oost has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 26%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–153%
NL median 14%
- 15–2526%
NL median 11%
- 25–4547%
NL median 22%
- 45–6514%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
1.4 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
71% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
6% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,836 — 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 Binnenstad Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Binnenstad Oost comes out at 175 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Binnenstad Oost?
In Binnenstad Oost the police recorded 1,064 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (175 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 Binnenstad Oost calculated?
Binnenstad Oost scores 2.6 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 Binnenstad Oost 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Tilburg
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Tilburg.
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