The districts of Tilburg
Tilburg has 230,395 residents (2026), spread across 59 districts and 254 neighbourhoods.
Everything close by, little space
Tilburg comes out at 5.5 as a municipality — better than 39% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 7.8; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in De Blaak Noord-Oost (9.9), the lowest in Stappegoor Noord (2.5). That is 7.4 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Tilburg
- residents
- 230,395
- districts
- 59
- neighbourhoods
- 254
- km² of land
- 126
How Tilburg scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 12,526 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Tilburg →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Tilburg →
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
Tilburg has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,252 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Tilburg, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Tilburg →De Blaak Noord-Oost
Tilburg
De Kievit Zuid-Oost
Tilburg
Vijverlaan
Tilburg
Friezenlaan
Tilburg
Koolhoven Buiten
Tilburg
Dongewijk Noord
Tilburg
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Tilburg
The worst districts of Tilburg are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Tilburg: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Tilburg: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Tilburg →
Other rankings
The 59 districts of Tilburg with a grade
Sorted by total grade
- 1De Blaak9.2
- 2Tuindorp De Kievit9.1
- 3Koolhoven8.9
- 4Huibeven8.8
- 5Armhoef8.8
- 6Heerevelden8.3
- 7Berkel-Enschot8.2
- 8Leeuwerik8.2
- 9Dalem Noord8.2
- 10Stappegoor8.2
- 11Zorgvlied8.0
- 12Udenhout7.8
- 13Dongewijk7.7
- 14Campenhoef7.6
- 15Wandelbos Zuid7.5
- 16Bedrijventerrein Het Laar7.5
- 17Dalem Zuid7.3
- 18Biezenmortel6.7
- 19Quirijnstok6.6
- 20Jeruzalem6.6
- 21Fatima6.2
- 22Gesworen Hoek6.0
- 23Bosscheweg5.7
- 24Witbrant5.6
- 25Moerenburg5.1
- 26Stokhasselt4.8
- 27Wandelbos Noord4.8
- 28De Reit4.7
- 29Groeseind-Hoefstraat4.6
- 30Ind.terrein Loven4.6
- 31Heikant4.5
- 32Bedrijventerrein Vossenberg4.5
- 33Groenewoud4.4
- 34Buitengebied Tilburg Noord-Oost4.4
- 35Hoogvenne4.1
- 36Het Zand4.0
- 37Korvel3.8
- 38Noordhoek3.7
- 39De Leij3.7
- 40Spoorzone Noord3.7
- 41Kanaalzone3.5
- 42Theresia3.4
- 43Spoorzone Zuid3.4
- 44De Hasselt3.1
- 45Oerle3.1
- 46Broekhoven3.0
- 47Sint Anna3.0
- 48Buitengebied Tilburg Zuid-West3.0
- 49Loven-Besterd2.9
- 50Het Goirke2.9
- 51Bouwmeester2.9
- 52Trouwlaan - Uitvindersbuurt2.9
- 53Binnenstad2.7
- 54Heyhoef2.7
- –Buitengebied Tilburg Noord-West
- –Bedrijventerrein Kraaiven
- –Buitengebied Tilburg Zuid-Oost
- –De Katsbogten
- –De Oude Warande