neighbourhood in Tilburg
Zeeheldenbuurt
2,380 residents · postal code 5021 · Part of Oerle, Tilburg
Everything close by, little space
The greenery in the immediate surroundings of Zeeheldenbuurt covers less than half of what the median Dutch neighbourhood has, and density is high at almost twelve thousand residents per square kilometre. Those two together explain the 2.9 for quiet & nature.
The 5.0 for safety does not come from the total, which is below the national median, but from the distribution. Burglary and vandalism are both above it, violence is just above it, and only property crime clearly lags behind.
With a supermarket a few minutes' walk away and an 8.8 for amenities, this is a neighbourhood where daily things are close by. The wealth & income pillar points the other way: the lowest income group covers almost half of all households here and the social assistance rate is almost four times above the median.
- no. 11,066 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 144 of 215 in Tilburg
How Zeeheldenbuurt scores
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Is Zeeheldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zeeheldenbuurt comes out at 22 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.
In 2025, 63 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
Zeeheldenbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 23%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2523%
NL median 11%
- 25–4534%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,700 — 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 Zeeheldenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zeeheldenbuurt comes out at 22 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 Zeeheldenbuurt?
In Zeeheldenbuurt the police recorded 63 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Zeeheldenbuurt calculated?
Zeeheldenbuurt scores 3.7 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 Zeeheldenbuurt 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.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Tilburg.
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