The districts of Boekel

Boekel has 11,470 residents (2026), spread across 2 districts and 8 neighbourhoods.

Bottom 50% of the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Boekel comes out at 6.2 as a municipality — better than 49% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.7; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.5. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Verspreide huizen Arendnest-Zijp (8.1), the lowest in Verspreide huizen Logt en Berkhoek (4.3). That is 3.8 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 11,470
districts: 2
neighbourhoods: 8
km² of land: 34.5

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

20.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

8.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 301 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

1.1 km

GP practice

1.7 km

Train station

18.0 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

7.0 km

Café

1.5 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 443,813

Welfare recipients

6.1 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

14%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

88%

Built after 2000

33%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

1,795 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

558

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 µg/m³

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.

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

1.1 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

1.1 km

Secondary school

6.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Boekel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,795 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Boekel, weighted by population.