neighbourhood in Waalwijk
Sprang
3,015 residents · postal code 5161 · Part of Sprang-Capelle, Waalwijk
Everything for children close by, and little room
Sprang is thinly built up — fewer than sixteen hundred residents per square kilometre — and still scores only a 3.3 for quiet & nature. That comes from noise, more than five decibels above the national median, and from the absence of open water; living rurally here does not mean living quietly.
The second tension lies in the crime figures. Burglary here is at half the national median and vandalism well below it, but theft and violence both come out above, and that holds safety at a 6.4.
The 8.2 for families rests on a primary school within six hundred metres and on a sizeable share of households with children. The station, by contrast, is fourteen kilometres away, and that is what keeps the amenities pillar below the national average.
- no. 7,774 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 20 in Waalwijk
How Sprang scores
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Is Sprang a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sprang comes out at 30 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, 135 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 Sprang looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,567 — 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 Sprang a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sprang comes out at 30 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 Sprang?
In Sprang the police recorded 135 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Sprang calculated?
Sprang scores 5.5 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 Sprang 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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