District Centrum

District in municipality Best · Noord-Brabant

  • 1.140 homes
  • 1.590 inhabitants
  • avg. year of construction 1992

Map

Boundary according to the CBS district and neighbourhood map 2024. Zoom in for individual homes; click a home for details. Open in the properties map

Homes in Centrum

Homes
1.140
addresses with residential function (BAG)
Average build year
1992
Average living area
97 m²
Housing stock (CBS)
1.088
2025

Home type

  • Apartment 88% 1.002
  • Semi-detached house 6% 63
  • Mid-terrace house 3% 32
  • Detached 2% 25
  • End-terrace house 2% 18

Energy label

  • A or better 33% 374
  • B 28% 316
  • C 30% 345
  • D 3% 35
  • E 1% 15
  • F 2% 20
  • G 1% 11
  • No label 2% 24

Building period

  • Built before 1945 2% 26
  • 1945–1969 6% 66
  • 1970–1989 34% 390
  • 1990–2009 38% 436
  • 2010 and later 19% 222

Residents

Residents
1.590
January 1, 2025

Age distribution

  • 0–15 years 6% 95
  • 15–25 years 5% 75
  • 25–45 years 20% 310
  • 45–65 years 19% 295
  • 65 years and older 51% 810

Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green

Average noise level (Lden)
52 dB
municipality 52 dB
Homes with road traffic above 55 dB
22%
municipality 12%
Homes with rail traffic above 55 dB
4%
municipality 4%
Homes with air traffic above 48 dB
0%
municipality 1%
Homes with wind turbine noise above 40 dB
0%
's nachts wegverkeer boven 50 dB
1%
municipality 2%

Noise level of the 1.140 homes

  • 46–50 dB: quiet 33% 376
  • 51–55 dB: moderately 48% 549
  • 56–60 dB: busy 15% 168
  • 61–65 dB: noisy 4% 46
  • 66–70 dB: very noisy 0% 1

Flooding

Homes that may flood
0%
municipality 0%
Of which more than 0.5 m water
0%
Of which more than 2 m water
0%
Maximum water depth
none

Air, light and green

NO₂
14,0 µg/m³
100% above WHO advice (10)
PM2,5
9,2 µg/m³
100% above WHO recommendation (5)
PM10
15,2 µg/m³
100% above WHO advice (15)
Night lighting
Clear
municipality: dim
Green within 500 m
31%
municipality 45%

Noise: RIVM noise maps (road and rail 2020, aviation 2022, wind turbines 2024), annual average Lden per 10 m, sampled at each address. Flooding: LIWO (Rijkswaterstaat), map of maximum water depth; depth says nothing about probability. Air: RIVM annual average concentrations at 25 m. Light: RIVM light emission map 2023. Green: RIVM green map 2022, share of green within 500 m. Turn the noise map on in the map above.

Climate and safety

Apparent temperature on a hot day
46–48 °C
extreme heat stress
Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or higher)
97%
municipality 94%
Urban heat island effect
1,4–1,6 °C
on average warmer than the surrounding area
Homes with a cool spot within 300 m
23%
municipality 65%
Homes with increased risk of groundwater nuisance in 2050
100%
municipality 100%
Homes with a stormwater channel alongside the house
2%
municipality 8%
Homes in the magnetic field zone of a high-voltage line
0%
municipality 5%
Homes within 1 km of a wind turbine
0%
municipality 0%

Climate Impact Atlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): perceived temperature and heat island 2022, cool spots, location-specific flood probability (at least 20 cm water), dry floors, risk of groundwater nuisance 2050 (high scenario), flow paths at 70 mm precipitation per hour; sampled per dwelling. High-voltage lines: RIVM Netkaart with calculation distances. Wind turbines: RIVM. Turn on the heat map on the map above.

Safety

Crimes per 1,000 inhabitants
194
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Registered crimes
308
+135% vs. the previous year
Residential burglaries per 1,000 homes
3,5
4 burglaries
Municipality
46
per 1,000 inhabitants
Netherlands
45
per 1,000 inhabitants

Types of crimes (last 12 months)

  • Winkeldiefstal 7% 23
  • Fietsdiefstal 6% 19
  • Vernieling 5% 15
  • Bedreiging 2% 7
  • Mishandeling 2% 7
  • Woninginbraak 1% 4
  • Openlijk geweld 1% 3
  • Drugshandel 1% 3

Per year

  1. 1302021
  2. 1472022
  3. 1302023
  4. 1382024
  5. 1242025

Source: police, registered crimes per area (CBS/police open data, monthly figures). Per 1,000 inhabitants based on the area's population; not every crime is reported.

Neighbourhoods in Centrum 1