neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom
De Beek
2,165 residents · postal code 4661 · Part of Halsteren, Bergen op Zoom
Plenty of space, less prosperity
Just over a thousand residents per square kilometre, plenty of greenery and a dense tree canopy: that is where the 7.8 for quiet & nature in De Beek comes from, helped by a noise level two decibels below the national median.
The 5.7 for safety needs explaining, because the crime total is below the national middle. Burglary is the outlier here: more than three times the national level, and that component carries a quarter of the pillar. Criminal damage is above it too; violence and theft below. In a neighbourhood of this density with many single-family homes that is a concrete fact for anyone living there.
Wealth & income lags at 4.3 on property value, which stands at a good three quarters of the national median, and on a vacancy rate above the middle; the income distribution deviates only slightly.
The supermarket is a good kilometre away while the GP, the school and a restaurant are within five hundred metres — the component that weighs most in amenities is the one furthest off here.
- no. 6,504 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom
How De Beek scores
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Is De Beek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Beek comes out at 21 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, 53 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 De Beek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,036 — 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 De Beek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Beek comes out at 21 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 De Beek?
In De Beek the police recorded 53 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 De Beek calculated?
De Beek scores 6.3 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 De Beek 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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