neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom
Bergse Plaat
7,150 residents · postal code 4617 · Part of Bergen op Zoom-West, Bergen op Zoom
Well-off, and well out of town
The noise level in Bergse Plaat lies more than eight decibels lower than the national average, and almost half the surface area consists of water. Yet the quiet pillar gets no higher than a 6.9: the surrounding greenery and the tree canopy both stay below the Dutch median, and those two weigh just as heavily as the quiet.
Wealth is strikingly flat. The social assistance rate amounts to about half the national level, the vacancy is low and the property value sits close to the average. Not a single component stands out, and that is exactly how a 6.9 arises there too.
Amenities lag behind with a 5.3, and that is down to distance: supermarket and restaurant both lie well over a kilometre away.
- no. 5,709 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 13 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom
How Bergse Plaat scores
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Is Bergse Plaat a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bergse Plaat comes out at 20 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, 175 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
The age profile of Bergse Plaat looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,511 — 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 Bergse Plaat a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bergse Plaat comes out at 20 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 Bergse Plaat?
In Bergse Plaat the police recorded 175 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Bergse Plaat calculated?
Bergse Plaat scores 6.7 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 Bergse Plaat 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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