The safest neighbourhoods in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
9.5Number 1 · safetyNuenen-OostThe safest neighbourhood in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten is Nuenen-Oost (9.5), with 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present. They are spread across Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten: 3 in the centre, 3 in the west and 2 in the north. The middle neighbourhood of this top 9 has 1,445 residents. The national median for recorded crimes is 1.7 times as high. Of the 9 neighbourhoods in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten with a safety grade, 7 reach a 7.0 or higher. Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten as a whole comes out at a 7.9, against a 6.2 for the middle neighbourhood in the country — one grade for a whole municipality says little about the street you live in.
In the neighbourhood where the average resident of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten lives, there are 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present — the national median is 24. On this page that ranges from 14 in Gerwen to 28 in Eeneind.
Check je wijk rating from 1 to 10 · figures for 2025
The 9 safest neighbourhoods in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
Number 1
Nuenen-Oost
6,065 residents
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- 28.6safety
Nederwetten
735 residents
14 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 38.5safety
Verspreide huizen Boord, Opwetten
1,445 residents
28 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 48.3safety
Verspreide huizen Gerwen
330 residents
19 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 57.8safety
Eeneind
710 residents
28 crimes per 1,000 people present
high footfall - 67.6safety
Gerwen
1,920 residents
14 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 77.3safety
Nuenen-Zuid
7,090 residents
20 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 86.8safety
Nuenen-Noord
5,770 residents
22 crimes per 1,000 people present
- 96.0safety
Verspreide huizen Nederwetten
150 residents
26 crimes per 1,000 people present
Flagged neighbourhoods have far more businesses than residents: shopping streets, nightlife districts and station areas. Crimes are recorded where they happen, so what happens to visitors counts there too. The grade corrects for that footfall, but stays harder to compare with a residential area.
Frequently asked questions
How is this list ranked?
On the safety grade, which comes from crimes recorded by the police in 2025: violence, burglary, total crime, property crime and vandalism. Each figure is set against the number of people present — residents plus three times the number of business premises.
Why is Nuenen-Oost at the top?
Nuenen-Oost scores a 9.5 on this list, with 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present. That is the highest of every neighbourhood in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten that has a grade for this measure.
How often are these figures updated?
The crime figures are from the police for 2025; population, boundaries and the other characteristics come from the CBS neighbourhood statistics for 2025. Both are published once a year; the list is recalculated as soon as a new edition appears.