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Benthuizen Dorp-Oost

1,935 residents · postal code 2731 · Part of Benthuizen, Alphen aan den Rijn

  • no. 4,150 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 52 of 93 in Alphen aan den Rijn

Scores per pillar

Benthuizen Dorp-Oost is the newer side of this former Rijnwoude village, bordering the young Bentwoud forest. Four in ten households have children and the school is 300 metres away. Safety scores 8.8. The €386k average value stays just below the national middle. Zoetermeer is a bike ride away. Overall: 7.6.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.3 km
Secondary school
3.9 km
Childcare
0.3 km
Train station
6.8 km
Hospital
4.9 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
3.8 km
Library
3.3 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
17.2
Violent crimes
0.3
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 386,000
Owner-occupied
60%
Single-family homes
79%
Built after 2000
14%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 20%15–25 12%25–45 24%45–65 25%65+ 20%
Average household size
2.5
Households with children
42%
Single-person households
30%
Residents per km²
6,489

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Benthuizen Dorp-Oost calculated?

Benthuizen Dorp-Oost scores 7.6 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Benthuizen Dorp-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

Benthuizen Dorp-Oost scores 8.8 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (17.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.