neighbourhood in Weert
Boshoven-Vrakker
5,595 residents · postal code 6002 · Part of Boshoven, Weert
Safe, but not spacious
A 9.0 for safety in Boshoven-Vrakker is not a matter of one favourable figure. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four lie below the national middle, and for property crime it is a matter of less than half of what is usual elsewhere. That occurs less often than you would think: in many neighbourhoods with a low total figure one type still sticks out above the rest.
The wealth pillar lags far behind that with a 5.2, and the explanation does not lie in the incomes. The share of households at the top and at the bottom of the ladder barely deviates from the national picture, and there is virtually no vacancy. What pulls the pillar down is the property value, which lies considerably below the middle and determines almost four tenths of that figure. Only the social assistance density lies higher than is usual nationally.
- no. 2,820 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 33 in Weert
How Boshoven-Vrakker scores
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Is Boshoven-Vrakker a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Boshoven-Vrakker comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Boshoven-Vrakker is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 107 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 Boshoven-Vrakker looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,314 — 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 Boshoven-Vrakker a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Boshoven-Vrakker comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Boshoven-Vrakker is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Boshoven-Vrakker?
In Boshoven-Vrakker the police recorded 107 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Boshoven-Vrakker calculated?
Boshoven-Vrakker scores 8.4 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 Boshoven-Vrakker 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 Weert.
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