neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom
Nieuw Borgvliet
2,520 residents · postal code 4625 · Part of Bergen op Zoom-Oost, Bergen op Zoom
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Greenery is the measurable difference here: in Nieuw Borgvliet more than seventy per cent of the immediate surroundings is green and there is more than twice as much tree canopy as nationally. That is where the 8.1 for quiet & nature comes from, despite a noise level above the national middle.
The 4.1 for wealth & income is largely a property-value figure. The income distribution barely deviates from the country and vacancy is below the median; it is the property value, by far the heaviest component in that pillar, that pulls the neighbourhood down. Social assistance is claimed distinctly more often here than nationally, and that counts too. For families it runs the other way: the primary school is four hundred metres away and, together with the share of households with children, carries a 9.4.
- no. 2,355 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom
How Nieuw Borgvliet scores
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Is Nieuw Borgvliet a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw Borgvliet comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 71 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
Nieuw Borgvliet has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 16%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,254 — around the 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 Nieuw Borgvliet a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw Borgvliet comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Nieuw Borgvliet?
In Nieuw Borgvliet the police recorded 71 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Nieuw Borgvliet calculated?
Nieuw Borgvliet scores 8.6 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 Nieuw Borgvliet 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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