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Het Fort

1,985 residents · postal code 4615 · Part of Bergen op Zoom-Oude stad en omgeving, Bergen op Zoom

  • no. 12,717 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 35 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom
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Scores per pillar

Het Fort lies in the old town of Bergen op Zoom and scores low: safety 3.0, housing 2.7 and an overall grade of 2.7, at 37.6 crimes per 1,000 people present. Amenities are the counterweight at 8.2. Owned and rented homes are split about evenly and more than four in ten households live alone. Home values stay below the middle at €249,000.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
1.3 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.7 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
1.7 km
Hospital
2.3 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
1.9 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
37.6
Violent crimes
3.2
Burglaries
1.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 249,000
Owner-occupied
51%
Single-family homes
81%
Built after 2000
5%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 11%25–45 30%45–65 27%65+ 18%
Average household size
2.0
Households with children
31%
Single-person households
43%
Residents per km²
8,298

Nearby neighbourhoods

Zeekant

Bergen op Zoom

3.0

Het Glacis

Bergen op Zoom

2.6

Vestinggronden-Zuid

Bergen op Zoom

5.0

Warande-West

Bergen op Zoom

3.0

Centrum

Bergen op Zoom

3.8

De Markiezaten

Bergen op Zoom

9.1

Similar neighbourhoods

Dr Schaepmanplein en omgeving

Heerlen

2.7

De Dem en omgeving

Heerlen

2.7

Centrum Oost

Houten

2.7

Sittard-Centrum

Sittard-Geleen

2.7

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Het Fort calculated?

Het Fort scores 2.7 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Het Fort a safe neighbourhood?

Het Fort scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (37.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.