neighbourhood in Vught

Centrum

3,890 residents · postal code 5261 · Part of Vught, Vught

Top 26% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Centrum in Vught scores a 9.7 for amenities — shop, GP, school, restaurant and station are all within seven hundred metres. That is the figure that shapes daily life here.

The 5.1 for safety comes almost entirely from theft, at more than twice the national median. Violence here is at half the median. That is the profile of a busy centre where things go missing, not of a place where you would rather stay indoors after dark.

On wealth & income the components point two ways. Property values are above the national median and high incomes are well represented, but the social assistance rate and vacancy are both above it. That is where the 6.1 comes from, in a neighbourhood where three in ten residents are 65 or over.

no. 3,350 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 11 of 21 in Vught

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Is Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 36 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

35.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

20.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 211 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.7 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

4.4 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 477,000

Welfare recipients

12.9 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

52%

Built after 2000

13%

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

3,659 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

53%

Trees nearby

22%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,458

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

0.5 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,659 — 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 Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 36 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 Centrum?

In Centrum the police recorded 211 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Centrum calculated?

Centrum scores 8.1 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 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.