neighbourhood in Borsele
Kern 's-Heerenhoek
1,760 residents · postal code 4453 · Part of 's-Heerenhoek, Borsele
Safe streets, thinner wallets
In Kern 's-Heerenhoek the GP, the school and the restaurant are all within half a kilometre, but the nearest supermarket is five kilometres away. That is the reverse of the usual order, since the shop is normally the closest thing of all. In the amenities pillar the supermarket carries the most weight of all eight distances, and that single figure holds the score at 5.1 where the rest would produce something far higher.
It is quiet in this village. The noise level is well below the national median and there is more greenery around than usual; only the tree canopy over the built-up area lags behind. That gives the quiet & nature pillar a 6.0.
Among the offences the total is below the national median, but violence and vandalism occur more often than usual and burglary hardly at all.
- no. 9,669 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 18 of 30 in Borsele
How Kern 's-Heerenhoek scores
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Is Kern 's-Heerenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern 's-Heerenhoek comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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, 44 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 Kern 's-Heerenhoek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,554 — 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 Kern 's-Heerenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern 's-Heerenhoek comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Kern 's-Heerenhoek?
In Kern 's-Heerenhoek the police recorded 44 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Kern 's-Heerenhoek calculated?
Kern 's-Heerenhoek scores 4.5 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 Kern 's-Heerenhoek 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Borsele
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Borsele.
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