neighbourhood in Apeldoorn

Beekbergen

2,580 residents · postal code 7361 · Part of Beekbergen en omgeving, Apeldoorn

Bottom 46% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

On paper Beekbergen is a statistically ordinary neighbourhood: the property value is at the national median, the share of high incomes exactly on it, the share of low incomes too. Two things break that picture. The rate of social assistance is double the usual and vacancy is above the national level, and together they keep the wealth & income pillar below 5.5.

The 4.7 for safety comes mainly from burglary, which here reaches more than twice the median. Violence, by contrast, is below the national middle — this is a place where the risk is behind the front door rather than on the street.

What carries the area is its surroundings: the tree canopy is more than twice as dense as the national figure and greenery is well above the median. The train, though, is far off at more than seven kilometres, which for commuters without a car is a genuine drawback.

no. 7,104 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 54 of 87 in Apeldoorn

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Is Beekbergen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beekbergen comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

25.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

11.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 88 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

7.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

3.5 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

4.1 km

Motorway ramp

0.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 423,000

Welfare recipients

15.5 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

2,324 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

63%

Trees nearby

21%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

454

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 µg/m³

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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

4.0 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Beekbergen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,324 — around the 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 Beekbergen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beekbergen comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Beekbergen?

In Beekbergen the police recorded 88 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Beekbergen calculated?

Beekbergen scores 5.9 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 Beekbergen 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.