neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom
Schelde Vesting
1,760 residents · postal code 4612 · Part of Bergen op Zoom-West, Bergen op Zoom
Well-off, but not spacious
Almost the entire housing stock of Schelde Vesting dates from after 2000, and that shows in the figures: 8.6 for wealth & income, with a share of high incomes well above the national middle and a share of low incomes clearly below it. There is no social assistance here at all.
The 5.7 for safety does not seem to fit at first sight. It comes almost entirely from property crime, which here is close to double the national median, while violence and burglary both stay below it.
The quiet & nature pillar stalls at 5.4 despite all the water in the neighbourhood, more than one in seven square metres. The green in the immediate surroundings does not reach half the national middle, and there is barely any tree canopy. Water gives you a view here, not greenery.
- no. 4,909 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom
How Schelde Vesting scores
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Is Schelde Vesting a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schelde Vesting comes out at 34 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.
In 2025, 92 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 Schelde Vesting looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,926 — 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 Schelde Vesting a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Schelde Vesting comes out at 34 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 Schelde Vesting?
In Schelde Vesting the police recorded 92 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Schelde Vesting calculated?
Schelde Vesting scores 7.2 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 Schelde Vesting 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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