neighbourhood in Tilburg
Binnenstad West
2,970 residents · postal code 5038 · Part of Binnenstad, Tilburg
The western edge of Tilburg's centre is nightlife district more than neighbourhood: 71 per cent single-person households, barely any children and just 14 per cent owner-occupied. Amenities score 9.8, with the station 700 metres away. Safety (2.7), quiet (2.6) and total (2.6) sit at the bottom, at 67 crimes per 1,000 people present, though shopping and hospitality footfall weighs heavily in that. The average value is 288,000 euro.
- no. 12,841 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 205 of 215 in Tilburg
How Binnenstad West scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 325 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 West has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 22%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–154%
NL median 14%
- 15–2522%
NL median 11%
- 25–4537%
NL median 22%
- 45–6516%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
7% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,994 — 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
How is the grade for Binnenstad West calculated?
Binnenstad West scores 2.6 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Binnenstad West lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Binnenstad West a safe neighbourhood?
Binnenstad West scores 2.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (66.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Tilburg
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Tilburg.
More about this area
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