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neighbourhood in Waalwijk

Besoyen

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

  • no. 4,598 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 3 of 20 in Waalwijk

Scores per pillar

Safety (8.8) and good amenities (7.6) give Besoyen in Waalwijk a total of 7.4. Housing, at 5.2, remains the weaker pillar, partly because a station is almost sixteen kilometres away. Owned and rented homes are reasonably mixed and the population is balanced in make-up. The average home value is €363,000.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
2.2 km
Childcare
0.6 km
Train station
15.9 km
Hospital
0.5 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
1.6 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
16.3
Violent crimes
0.8
Burglaries
0.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 363,000
Owner-occupied
61%
Single-family homes
63%
Built after 2000
19%
Income per resident
€ 34,000

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 10%25–45 27%45–65 27%65+ 21%
Average household size
2.1
Households with children
32%
Single-person households
39%
Residents per km²
4,034

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Besoyen calculated?

Besoyen scores 7.4 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Besoyen a safe neighbourhood?

Besoyen scores 8.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.