neighbourhood in Borne

Stroom-Esch

3,520 residents · postal code 7623 · Part of Borne, Borne

Top 9% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Stroom-Esch achieves a 7.6 for families without many children living there. The share of under-fifteens stays below the national middle and more than a quarter of residents are 65 or older; what carries the pillar is the primary school five hundred metres away, since school and childcare distance together make up almost two thirds of that figure. Anyone reading the 7.6 as a neighbourhood full of young families reads it wrong.

The quiet & nature pillar is the strongest of the five. Greenery and tree canopy within three hundred metres are both well above the national middle, the noise level below it, and there is more open water than usual.

Reported offences stay below the median across the board, with property offences at not even a third of it. The bill lands on daily accessibility: supermarket, GP and restaurant are all three further off than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

no. 1,076 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 3 of 15 in Borne

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Is Stroom-Esch a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Stroom-Esch comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Stroom-Esch is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

12.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

2.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 46 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

1.3 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

6.5 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 386,000

Welfare recipients

14.2 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

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

3,394 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

60%

Trees nearby

15%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,137

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

0.5 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.4 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Stroom-Esch looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,394 — 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 Stroom-Esch a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Stroom-Esch?

In Stroom-Esch the police recorded 46 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Stroom-Esch calculated?

Stroom-Esch scores 9.4 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 Stroom-Esch 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.