neighbourhood in Waalwijk
Laageinde
3,705 residents · postal code 5142 · Part of Waalwijk, Waalwijk
Everything for children close by, and little room
Four of the five pillars in Laageinde sit at or below a 3.3; only amenities and families do well. The crime picture shows where the 3.3 for safety comes from: violence and vandalism both run at about twice the national rate, while property offences sit exactly on the national median. The problem here is not that a lot gets stolen.
The wealth measurements largely point the same way — low property values, few high incomes, many low incomes and a social assistance rate four times the national one — with one exception: vacancy is low. The homes are being lived in. For families the balance is kinder: primary school, supermarket and restaurant are all within a kilometre, and the nearest railway station more than sixteen kilometres away.
- no. 11,978 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 20 in Waalwijk
How Laageinde scores
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Is Laageinde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laageinde comes out at 34 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.
In 2025, 157 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
Laageinde has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,653 — 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 Laageinde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laageinde comes out at 34 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 Laageinde?
In Laageinde the police recorded 157 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Laageinde calculated?
Laageinde scores 3.1 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 Laageinde 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Waalwijk.
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