neighbourhood in Tilburg

Kasteel West

2,115 residents · postal code 5046 · Part of De Hasselt, Tilburg

Bottom 9% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The social assistance rate in Kasteel West is more than eight times the national median. That is the component pushing the wealth & income pillar down to 3.0, together with a low property value and few households in the top income group. Only vacancy stays below the national median.

Safety stands at 2.9 with no mitigating circumstance: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism are all four above the national median, vandalism by the widest margin. That last point is notable, because vandalism actually weighs the least in that pillar — the score here is made mainly by violence and burglary.

Against that stands an 8.2 for families, with school and childcare within walking distance. That pillar mostly measures access, and access here is excellent; it says nothing about the circumstances in which those children grow up. The 8.7 for amenities tells the same story.

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no. 166 of 215 in Tilburg

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Is Kasteel West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kasteel West comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

35.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

10.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 105 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

1.0 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.9 km

Motorway ramp

3.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 271,000

Welfare recipients

66.2 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

35%

Social housing

54%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

56%

Built after 2000

10%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

9,835 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

27%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

4,063

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.4 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

26%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kasteel West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4534%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,835 — 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 Kasteel West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kasteel West comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Kasteel West?

In Kasteel West the police recorded 105 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Kasteel West calculated?

Kasteel West scores 3.1 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 Kasteel 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.