neighbourhood in Apeldoorn
Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid
1,600 residents · postal code 7361 · Part of Beekbergen en omgeving, Apeldoorn
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid shows the sharpest contrast these figures can produce: a 9.4 for quiet & nature next to a 2.7 for safety. Greenery and tree canopy are far above the national level, but reported offences are at more than twice the median.
The breakdown makes clear it is not down to one type. Vandalism comes to nearly five times the national middle, violence more than three times, and property crime and burglary are above it too. All four move upward, which for a woodland area is no obvious pattern.
Vacancy is nearly four times the national level, while property values are well above the median — expensive buildings that go unoccupied.
- no. 11,898 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 79 of 87 in Apeldoorn
How Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid scores
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Is Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid comes out at 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 145 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-Zuid has strikingly few children under 15: 6%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–156%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
128 — 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-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid comes out at 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid?
In Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid the police recorded 145 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (59 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-Zuid calculated?
Bosgebied Beekbergen-Zuid scores 3.2 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-Zuid 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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