neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom
Gageldonk-West
5,330 residents · postal code 4621 · Part of Bergen op Zoom-Oost, Bergen op Zoom
Everything close by, little to spend
A shop, a GP, a school and even the station are within a few minutes' walk in Gageldonk-West, and that produces a 9.7 for amenities. Anyone looking only at accessibility is looking well here. The 2.7 for safety stands directly opposite that, and it does not rest on one type of offence: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism are all four above the national level, burglary even at almost three times it.
The wealth pillar points the same way. The property value lags far behind the Dutch middle, the share of households with a high income is about half of it, and social assistance occurs far more often than usual. Nor is it quiet there: there is considerably less greenery in the immediate surroundings than elsewhere and the noise is above it, together good for a 4.0.
- no. 10,623 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 27 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom
How Gageldonk-West scores
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Is Gageldonk-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Gageldonk-West comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Gageldonk-West 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, 316 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
Gageldonk-West has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,125 — 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 Gageldonk-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Gageldonk-West comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Gageldonk-West 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 Gageldonk-West?
In Gageldonk-West the police recorded 316 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Gageldonk-West calculated?
Gageldonk-West scores 3.9 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 Gageldonk-West 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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