neighbourhood in Waalwijk

Bloemenoord

2,955 residents · postal code 5143 · Part of Waalwijk, Waalwijk

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

One home in ten in Bloemenoord is vacant, two and a half times the national share. That is a striking fact, and together with the low property value it is why the wealth & income pillar comes out at 3.3.

The crime picture is skewed: property offences are at almost double the national median and violence well above it, while vandalism stays below and burglary is exactly on it. The total therefore comes to more than one and a half times the national figure.

Even so, this neighbourhood has its daily business in order: supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all five hundred metres away. What is missing is the railway — the nearest station is more than fifteen kilometres off.

no. 9,463 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 20 in Waalwijk

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Is Bloemenoord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenoord comes out at 33 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

33.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

15.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 123 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

15.6 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.0 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

€ 306,000

Welfare recipients

16.9 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

67%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

83%

Built after 2000

10%

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

3,853 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,792

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bloemenoord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,853 — 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 Bloemenoord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bloemenoord comes out at 33 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 Bloemenoord?

In Bloemenoord the police recorded 123 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Bloemenoord calculated?

Bloemenoord scores 4.6 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 Bloemenoord 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.