neighbourhood in Tilburg
Burgemeestersbuurt
1,790 residents · postal code 5037 · Part of Zorgvlied, Tilburg
Good for children, with a safety question
An overall score of 9.3 next to a 4.5 for safety calls for an explanation. The number of reported offences here is only just above the national middle, so that low figure comes from the type, not the volume. Burglary is well above the median and vandalism almost double, while violence stays below it. For residents that is a practical difference: the risk sits at the front door and the car, less on the street.
The rest of the Burgemeestersbuurt points one way. Supermarket, GP, restaurant and primary school are all within six hundred metres, and that lifts both the amenities and the families pillar far into the national top. The wealth figure leans on property value, which comes out well above the Dutch median; social assistance is almost absent here.
- no. 1,275 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 14 of 215 in Tilburg
How Burgemeestersbuurt scores
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Is Burgemeestersbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Burgemeestersbuurt 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.
In 2025, 63 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
The age profile of Burgemeestersbuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,753 — 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 Burgemeestersbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Burgemeestersbuurt 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 Burgemeestersbuurt?
In Burgemeestersbuurt the police recorded 63 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 Burgemeestersbuurt calculated?
Burgemeestersbuurt scores 9.3 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 Burgemeestersbuurt 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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