neighbourhood in Tilburg
De Blaak Noord-West
1,185 residents · postal code 5032 · Part of De Blaak, Tilburg
Well-off, schools and childcare further off
The 9.9 for wealth & income in De Blaak Noord-West comes mainly from property value, which is well above the national median. The other components do not contradict it: no recorded social assistance, barely any vacancy, and almost twice as many households in the top income group as is usual nationally.
Against that stands a 5.1 for families, in a neighbourhood where more than a third of residents are over sixty-five. The primary school is just beyond a kilometre, and school distance weighs heavily in that pillar; anyone moving here with young children travels further than the wealth figure would suggest. And the 6.8 for quiet & nature does not come from silence: traffic noise is above the national middle. What lifts that pillar is greenery, and above all the tree canopy, which here is several times what an average Dutch neighbourhood has.
- no. 2,613 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 215 in Tilburg
How De Blaak Noord-West scores
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Is De Blaak Noord-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Blaak Noord-West comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Blaak Noord-West 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, 20 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
De Blaak Noord-West has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4513%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+37%
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
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,308 — around the 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 De Blaak Noord-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Blaak Noord-West comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Blaak Noord-West 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 De Blaak Noord-West?
In De Blaak Noord-West the police recorded 20 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 De Blaak Noord-West calculated?
De Blaak Noord-West scores 8.5 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 De Blaak Noord-West 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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