neighbourhood in Deventer

Borgele

3,670 residents · postal code 7414 · Part of Borgele en Platvoet, Deventer

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Greenery and quiet earn Borgele an 8.2, and the short distances an 8.7 for families — school, supermarket and GP all stand within five hundred metres. That families score therefore comes from reach, not from the population: almost three in ten residents are 65 or over and more than half of households live alone.

The 2.9 for wealth & income is the neighbourhood's sharpest figure and every component points the same way. Social assistance runs almost six times the national rate, more than half of households are on a low income, high incomes are rare, property values lag well behind and vacancy sits above the national median. The safety pillar also stalls at a 4.1, mainly on property offences.

no. 7,832 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 37 of 65 in Deventer

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Is Borgele a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Borgele comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

30.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

11.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 138 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

4.3 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

1.7 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

€ 298,000

Welfare recipients

46.3 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

33%

Social housing

64%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

44%

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

3,337 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,915

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.4 km

Households with children

27%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Borgele has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+29%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,337 — 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 Borgele a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Borgele 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 Borgele?

In Borgele the police recorded 138 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 Borgele calculated?

Borgele scores 5.5 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 Borgele 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.