neighbourhood in Waalwijk

Besoyen

4,015 residents · postal code 5141 · Part of Waalwijk, Waalwijk

Top 32% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Besoyen scores an 8.9 for safety, and that holds almost across the board: violence, property crime and vandalism are all three below the national median, and burglary sits exactly on it.

The weakest score is the 3.8 for quiet & nature, and it comes mainly from noise: the level is four decibels above the national median, and greenery in the surroundings stays below it. Beyond that, the railway station at nearly sixteen kilometres costs points in the amenities pillar, while supermarket, GP and school are all within seven hundred metres — everything here is close by except the railway. In wealth & income, a 5.0, incomes at both ends sit close to the national median. The score is pushed down by the property value, the heaviest component of that pillar, and by a benefit rate almost twice the national one.

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Is Besoyen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Besoyen comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Besoyen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

16.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

5.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 84 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

0.6 km

Train station

15.9 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

0.5 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 363,000

Welfare recipients

14.9 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

61%

Social housing

30%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

63%

Built after 2000

19%

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

4,034 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,270

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

32%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.2 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Besoyen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,034 — 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 Besoyen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Besoyen comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Besoyen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Besoyen?

In Besoyen the police recorded 84 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Besoyen calculated?

Besoyen scores 7.6 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 Besoyen 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.