neighbourhood in Tilburg

Witbrant West

2,005 residents · postal code 5036 · Part of Witbrant, Tilburg

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Every home in Witbrant West was built this century, and the railway station is six hundred metres away. Even so the amenities pillar gets no further than 5.4, and the reason is the supermarket: it is over two kilometres away, and daily shopping weighs more in that score than the train does.

The quiet & nature pillar shows a contrast that is rarely this sharp. The tree canopy here is almost three times the national norm, but traffic noise is six decibels above the national median and nearly seven thousand people live per square kilometre. What remains on balance is 4.4.

The 3.8 for safety comes from violence and vandalism, both close to twice the national median; theft here sits around the median. For families the neighbourhood scores 8.7, with the primary school seven hundred metres away.

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no. 112 of 215 in Tilburg

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Is Witbrant West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Witbrant West comes out at 27 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

27.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

9.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 68 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.

Supermarket

2.3 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

0.6 km

Restaurant

1.6 km

Hospital

6.3 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

2.9 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

€ 382,000

Welfare recipients

15.0 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

100%

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

6,971 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

24%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,251

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

45%

Childcare

1.3 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Witbrant West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 11%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,971 — 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 Witbrant West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Witbrant West comes out at 27 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 Witbrant West?

In Witbrant West the police recorded 68 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Witbrant West calculated?

Witbrant West scores 4.6 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 Witbrant 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.