neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom

Meilust Zuid

2,230 residents · postal code 4614 · Part of Bergen op Zoom-Noord, Bergen op Zoom

Top 42% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

Incomes in Meilust Zuid sit exactly at the national median — the top group as well as the bottom one — and still wealth & income scores a 4.7. That comes from two other components: property values are below the middle and the social assistance rate well above it. The income picture is average, then; the asset picture is not.

Population density is modest for a neighbourhood with a 9.0 for amenities, but the quiet & nature pillar gets no further than a 4.6. Noise is the reason: it is well above the median here, and space between the houses does not make up for it.

Among offences it is things and damage, not violence. Theft and vandalism are above the national median, violence below it. That pushes the safety score down to a 5.0 while the evening street is not what that figure suggests.

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Is Meilust Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Meilust Zuid comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

29.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

11.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 95 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.6 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 328,000

Welfare recipients

26.9 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

2,578 inw/km²

Noise level

58 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,935

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.6 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.8 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Meilust Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,578 — 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 Meilust Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Meilust Zuid comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Meilust Zuid?

In Meilust Zuid the police recorded 95 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Meilust Zuid calculated?

Meilust Zuid scores 6.9 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 Meilust Zuid 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.