neighbourhood in Veldhoven

Cobbeek en Centrum

4,035 residents · postal code 5501 · Part of Veldhoven, Veldhoven

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Not one pillar in Cobbeek en Centrum rises above 6.7, and that is the story: nothing here pulls the overall score up. The amenities are reasonable, the rest hovers around or below the national median.

Within the safety pillar there is a striking contrast. Property crime is almost three times the national median, while burglary stays below it — the reported offences here concern what is parked outside, not what lies behind a front door. Violence is above the median, so the picture is not carefree. The social assistance rate of nearly three times the national figure also explains why the wealth & income pillar stops at 5.0, despite an above-average share of high incomes.

no. 11,449 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 17 in Veldhoven

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Is Cobbeek en Centrum a safe 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

50.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

25.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 274 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

0.7 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

6.2 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 357,000

Welfare recipients

22.3 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

56%

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

5,690 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,421

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.6 km

Households with children

24%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.4 km

Residents under 15

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Cobbeek en Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1512%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+24%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,690 — 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 Cobbeek en Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Cobbeek en Centrum comes out at 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Cobbeek en Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Cobbeek en Centrum?

In Cobbeek en Centrum the police recorded 274 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (51 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 Cobbeek en Centrum calculated?

Cobbeek en Centrum scores 3.4 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 Cobbeek en Centrum 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.