neighbourhood in Alphen aan den Rijn
Benthuizen Dorp-Oost
1,935 residents · postal code 2731 · Part of Benthuizen, Alphen aan den Rijn
Everything for children close by, and little room
Benthuizen Dorp-Oost has more greenery nearby than is usual nationally and a noise level below the national median, and yet the quiet & nature pillar stalls at a 4.6. The tree canopy is thin, open water is absent and the building is dense — three of the five components point the wrong way.
The families pillar does the reverse: a 9.7, with the primary school three hundred metres away and more than four in ten households having children. Wealth & income stays at a 5.5, and that is a middle position in the literal sense — both income groups sit almost exactly on the national median, property value slightly below it and social assistance slightly above.
- no. 1,613 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 21 of 93 in Alphen aan den Rijn
How Benthuizen Dorp-Oost scores
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Is Benthuizen Dorp-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Benthuizen Dorp-Oost comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 35 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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
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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
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Who lives here
Benthuizen Dorp-Oost has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,489 — 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Benthuizen Dorp-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Benthuizen Dorp-Oost comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Benthuizen Dorp-Oost?
In Benthuizen Dorp-Oost the police recorded 35 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Benthuizen Dorp-Oost calculated?
Benthuizen Dorp-Oost scores 9.1 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Benthuizen Dorp-Oost lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Alphen aan den Rijn
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Alphen aan den Rijn.
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