neighbourhood in Voorne aan Zee
Brielle
3,105 residents · postal code 3231 · Part of Brielle, Voorne aan Zee
Everything close by, except school and childcare
One in eight addresses in Brielle stands empty, three times the national figure. That is the component holding the wealth & income pillar at a 5.5, even though the share of high incomes is actually above the national middle and the share of low incomes below it.
The 4.6 for families does not come from distance: the primary school is close by. It comes from who lives here — the share of children under fifteen is small and households with children are in the minority. That is a different story from a district without a school.
The crime picture tilts towards violence and vandalism, both above the national median, while burglary and property crime stay below. The total sits around the national middle, but it is precisely the heaviest-weighted component that turns out badly here, and that explains the 5.7. The nearest railway station is more than twenty kilometres away.
- no. 6,829 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 29 of 67 in Voorne aan Zee
How Brielle scores
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Is Brielle a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Brielle 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.
In 2025, 107 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
The age profile of Brielle looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,049 — 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 Brielle a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Brielle 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 Brielle?
In Brielle the police recorded 107 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 Brielle calculated?
Brielle scores 6.1 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 Brielle 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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