neighbourhood in Tilburg
De Blaak Zuid-Oost
1,100 residents · postal code 5032 · Part of De Blaak, Tilburg
Well-off, but not spacious
Everything here is close to home: GP, supermarket, restaurant and primary school are all within eight hundred metres. That explains the strong figures for amenities and families, and it explains the 4.9 for quiet & nature at the same time — traffic noise is clearly above the national middle and the share of greenery within three hundred metres below it. Proximity and quiet are two sides of one coin here.
The 8.4 for families also says something other than you might expect. De Blaak Zuid-Oost is a distinctly older neighbourhood: nearly one in three residents is over sixty-five, and the share of children is around the national middle. That high figure therefore comes from the short school distance, not from a place full of young families. The crime rate stays below the national median, with violence and vandalism both just under it.
- no. 1,421 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 17 of 215 in Tilburg
How De Blaak Zuid-Oost scores
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Is De Blaak Zuid-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Blaak Zuid-Oost comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 22 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 Zuid-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+30%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,455 — 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 Zuid-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Blaak Zuid-Oost comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Blaak Zuid-Oost?
In De Blaak Zuid-Oost the police recorded 22 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Zuid-Oost calculated?
De Blaak Zuid-Oost scores 9.2 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 Zuid-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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