neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
Bosgebied Beekbergen-West
435 residents · postal code 7361 · Part of Beekbergen en omgeving, Apeldoorn
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
More than ninety per cent greenery within three hundred metres, a tree canopy six times the national level and noise exposure more than six decibels below the median: Bosgebied Beekbergen-West earns a 9.8 for quiet & nature on that basis, and with property values nearly double the median a 9.0 for wealth & income too.
Vacancy falls outside that picture. It stands at more than double the national middle, in an area where the houses are expensive.
The 3.4 for families is the mirror image of the quiet. Few children live here — under a tenth of residents are below fifteen — and the primary school is more than a kilometre away. With some 435 residents this is a place of adults in the woods, not of school playgrounds.
- no. 3,312 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 22 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How Bosgebied Beekbergen-West scores
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Is Bosgebied Beekbergen-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bosgebied Beekbergen-West comes out at 22 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.
In 2025, 11 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
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
Who lives here
Bosgebied Beekbergen-West has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 24%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–156%
NL median 14%
- 15–2524%
NL median 11%
- 25–4510%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
52 — far less 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 Bosgebied Beekbergen-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bosgebied Beekbergen-West comes out at 22 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 Bosgebied Beekbergen-West?
In Bosgebied Beekbergen-West the police recorded 11 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Bosgebied Beekbergen-West calculated?
Bosgebied Beekbergen-West scores 8.1 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 Bosgebied Beekbergen-West 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.
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