neighbourhood in Bergen op Zoom

Zeekant

2,745 residents · postal code 4615 · Part of Bergen op Zoom-Oude stad en omgeving, Bergen op Zoom

Bottom 7% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Sixteen per cent of the homes in Zeekant stand empty, four times the national figure. Within the wealth & income pillar, vacancy weighs more heavily than owner-occupied and social housing combined, and that is one reason the score is a 2.8. The other components confirm the picture: a property value far below the national median, few households on a high income and a social assistance rate far above it.

On safety the picture is more nuanced. The overall offence rate exceeds the national median, but burglaries sit exactly on it. It is violence, property crime and vandalism that make the difference.

Against that stands a 7.6 for amenities. Supermarket, school and restaurant are within walking distance, the station two kilometres out. For the nearly one third of residents over sixty-five that matters: at a kilometre and a half, the GP is the furthest of the four.

no. 12,288 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 34 of 36 in Bergen op Zoom

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Is Zeekant a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeekant comes out at 31 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

30.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

11.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 103 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.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 296,000

Welfare recipients

36.4 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

16%

Owner-occupied

55%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

59%

Built after 2000

21%

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

4,550 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

40%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,394

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.8 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Zeekant has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+31%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,550 — 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 Zeekant a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zeekant comes out at 31 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 Zeekant?

In Zeekant the police recorded 103 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Zeekant calculated?

Zeekant scores 3.0 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 Zeekant 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.