neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom
De Schans en Oude Molen
3,135 residents · postal code 4661 · Part of Halsteren, Bergen op Zoom
School close by, shops further off
De Schans en Oude Molen combines a low density with greenery above the national middle, and yet quiet & nature stops at a 7.1. The explanation is noise: more than four decibels above the national median, which is striking in an area with under two thousand residents per square kilometre.
The wealth & income column does point entirely one way. Property value is above the national middle, high incomes are more than one and a half times as common as nationally, low incomes less common than average, the rate of social assistance below the median and vacancy near zero. An 8.2 is then no outlier.
The price sits in the distances. Supermarket and restaurant are more than one and a half kilometres away and the station nearly six, which keeps amenities at a 5.4. For the families pillar that makes no difference: it mainly measures school distance, and the primary school is around the corner.
- no. 2,611 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom
How De Schans en Oude Molen scores
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Is De Schans en Oude Molen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Schans en Oude Molen 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, 93 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 Schans en Oude Molen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,806 — 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 Schans en Oude Molen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Schans en Oude Molen 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 Schans en Oude Molen?
In De Schans en Oude Molen the police recorded 93 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 Schans en Oude Molen calculated?
De Schans en Oude Molen scores 8.5 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 Schans en Oude Molen 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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