neighbourhood in Waalwijk
Vrijhoeve
4,020 residents · postal code 5161 · Part of Sprang-Capelle, Waalwijk
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Vrijhoeve shows how far apart two types of offence can be: burglary is almost absent here, far below the national median, while violence is above it. That the safety pillar still comes out at 7.3 is because the total number of reported offences stays below the national median.
The railway station is more than fifteen kilometres away, and that is the only thing keeping the amenities pillar at 6.7 — supermarket, GP and restaurant are all within a kilometre. For anyone travelling by car or bike, that score means something different. The 6.1 for quiet & nature does not fit a density of just over a thousand residents per square kilometre. Greenery in the surroundings is well above the national median, but the noise level is nearly three decibels above it and the tree canopy below.
- no. 6,038 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 20 in Waalwijk
How Vrijhoeve scores
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Is Vrijhoeve a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vrijhoeve comes out at 22 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, 108 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 Vrijhoeve looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,016 — 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 Vrijhoeve a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vrijhoeve comes out at 22 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 Vrijhoeve?
In Vrijhoeve the police recorded 108 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Vrijhoeve calculated?
Vrijhoeve scores 6.5 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 Vrijhoeve 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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