neighbourhood in Waalre
Aalst
3,850 residents · postal code 5582 · Part of Waalre, Waalre
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
The tree canopy in Aalst covers almost four times as much of the surroundings as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and together with a green share well above the middle and low building density that produces an 8.3 for quiet & nature. Of that pillar's five components, the canopy is the most pronounced here.
The safety figure of 6.1 comes down to one category. Violence, theft and vandalism all sit at or below the national median, but residential burglary occurs three times as often here as nationally — and burglary is the second-heaviest component of that pillar. For a resident that is the practical point of attention in an otherwise quiet neighbourhood.
The 5.7 for families contrasts sharply with the overall score of 8.6. The primary school is eight hundred metres away, so close by, but the share of children under fifteen stays below the national median and a good quarter of residents are 65 or older. Here the figure follows the residents, not the distances.
- no. 2,445 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 5 in Waalre
How Aalst scores
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Is Aalst a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Aalst comes out at 23 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, 131 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 Aalst looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,993 — less 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 Aalst a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Aalst comes out at 23 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 Aalst?
In Aalst the police recorded 131 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Aalst calculated?
Aalst scores 8.6 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 Aalst 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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