neighbourhood in Bergen (L.)
Nieuw-Bergen Kern
4,345 residents · postal code 5854 · Part of Nieuw-Bergen, Bergen (L.)
Everything close by, little to spend
Nieuw-Bergen Kern records slightly fewer offences than the national median and still gets no further than a 4.8 for safety. That comes down to the mix: violence runs at almost twice the median and vandalism well above it, while property offences are rare. The heaviest component of that pillar disappoints here.
Quiet & nature reaches a 7.8, with a tree canopy more than twice the national median, plenty of green space and a noise level three decibels below the median.
The 4.6 for families is not down to distance here: the primary school is seven hundred metres away. It lies in the population. Three in ten residents are 65 or older and twelve per cent are under fifteen — a village centre where ageing makes the family score.
- no. 9,303 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 8 of 14 in Bergen (L.)
How Nieuw-Bergen Kern scores
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Is Nieuw-Bergen Kern a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw-Bergen Kern comes out at 23 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, 120 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
Nieuw-Bergen Kern has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,371 — 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 Nieuw-Bergen Kern a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw-Bergen Kern comes out at 23 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 Nieuw-Bergen Kern?
In Nieuw-Bergen Kern the police recorded 120 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Nieuw-Bergen Kern calculated?
Nieuw-Bergen Kern scores 4.7 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 Nieuw-Bergen Kern 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Bergen (L.).
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