neighbourhood in Tilburg
Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord
2,105 residents · postal code 5041 · Part of Bouwmeester, Tilburg
Everything close by, safety lags
Of the more than eighty recorded offences per thousand residents in Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord, the great majority is property crime, at over five times the national level. But violence is above the median here too, as are burglary and vandalism. All four categories sit above it; the 2.6 for safety is not a matter of one category.
The 9.4 for amenities stands squarely against that. Restaurant, supermarket and station are all within a kilometre and a half, which is what a densely built city neighbourhood delivers.
The share of greenery around comes to roughly two fifths of the national median, and together with the sound level that holds the quiet & nature pillar at 2.7. More than half of households live alone, and the share of children is far below the national median.
- no. 12,251 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 173 of 215 in Tilburg
How Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord scores
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Is Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord comes out at 83 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord 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, 268 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
Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord has strikingly few children under 15: 10%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,831 — 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 Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord comes out at 83 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord 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 Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord?
In Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord the police recorded 268 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (83 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 Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord calculated?
Bouwmeestersbuurt Noord scores 3.0 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 Bouwmeestersbuurt 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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