neighbourhood in Tilburg

Kruidenbuurt West

1,675 residents · postal code 5044 · Part of Wandelbos Noord, Tilburg

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Kruidenbuurt West shows that a low wealth score does not automatically bring a low safety score with it. The wealth pillar stays at 2.7 — property value is far below the national middle, almost two thirds of households are in the lowest income group and the social assistance rate runs into the hundred per thousand residents. Yet the number of recorded offences here is below the Dutch median, with violence, vandalism and property crime all just under it; only burglary rises slightly above.

The 7.7 for quiet & nature is remarkable for a neighbourhood at this density. Traffic noise is below the national middle and there is far more surface water here than usual. Almost half of households have children, and the primary school is seven hundred metres away.

no. 6,625 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 80 of 215 in Tilburg

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Is Kruidenbuurt West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kruidenbuurt West comes out at 24 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.

Total crime

23.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

8.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 44 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

3.0 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

2.2 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

5.8 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

€ 251,000

Welfare recipients

119.4 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

62%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

Social housing

92%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

Built after 2000

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

7,706 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

13%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,734

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.7 km

Households with children

47%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kruidenbuurt West has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–2517%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,706 — 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 Kruidenbuurt West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kruidenbuurt West comes out at 24 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 Kruidenbuurt West?

In Kruidenbuurt West the police recorded 44 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Kruidenbuurt West calculated?

Kruidenbuurt West scores 6.2 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 Kruidenbuurt 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.