neighbourhood in Waalwijk
Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart
2,875 residents · postal code 5161 · Part of Sprang-Capelle, Waalwijk
Room to spare, amenities further off
Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart is one of the most thinly populated neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, and that shows at both extremes of its profile. Quiet and nature stands at 7.9, with plenty of greenery and little traffic noise; amenities stop at 3.7.
That 3.7 is no detail. The supermarket and GP are both more than three kilometres away and the nearest station sixteen. Living here without a car is hard living.
The 4.3 for families comes from the same direction: the primary school is more than a kilometre away, and school distance is the heaviest component of that pillar. Meanwhile the share of households with children is around the national level, so here the score says more about the map than about who lives here. Safety, by contrast, is in good shape at 7.6: property offences run at a quarter of the Dutch middle value.
- no. 9,028 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 11 of 20 in Waalwijk
How Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart scores
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Is Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 69 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 Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
299 — far 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 Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart?
In Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart the police recorded 69 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart calculated?
Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart scores 4.8 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 Capelle / Nieuwe Vaart 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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