neighbourhood in Culemborg

Binnenstad

2,770 residents · postal code 4101 · Part of Culemborg Oost, Culemborg

Bottom 50% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Culemborg's Binnenstad has everything within walking distance — restaurant, school, supermarket, GP and station all within one and a half kilometres — and that yields a 9.8 for amenities. The bill arrives at safety.

There, all four types of offence sit above the national middle. Theft most clearly, but burglary, violence and vandalism too. Of a town centre it is often said that it stays limited to property; here that does not hold, and the 3.6 for safety is therefore a broad figure.

A second signal is vacancy, which at one home in ten is more than double the national level. Combined with a social assistance rate over three times the median and a property value below the Dutch middle, that explains the 3.6 for wealth & income. More than half of households here are single-person and the share of children sits below the national picture — that the families pillar still comes out at an 8.4 is down to the primary school three hundred metres away.

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no. 17 of 20 in Culemborg

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Is Binnenstad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Binnenstad comes out at 28 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

28.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.5 per 1,000

Property crime

12.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 127 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.3 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.3 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 327,000

Welfare recipients

28.9 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

10%

Owner-occupied

39%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

50%

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

6,923 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,723

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

0.3 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Binnenstad has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,923 — 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 Binnenstad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Binnenstad comes out at 28 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 Binnenstad?

In Binnenstad the police recorded 127 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Binnenstad calculated?

Binnenstad scores 6.2 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 Binnenstad 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.