neighbourhood in Dongen

Beljaart

2,630 residents · postal code 5102 · Part of Dongen, Dongen

Top 10% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Almost six in ten households in Beljaart have children. That the families pillar stays at 8.6 and gets no higher is down to distance: the primary school is just over a kilometre away.

All four types of reported offence are below the national median, burglary almost at zero. That yields a 9.9 for safety, the neighbourhood's highest score.

Quiet & nature hangs at 4.3 even though the noise level is below the national median. It is greenery that is missing: the share of green space stays far below the national middle and the tree canopy is thin. Almost the entire housing stock dates from after the turn of the century.

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Is Beljaart a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beljaart comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Beljaart is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

11.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

2.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 28 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

8.6 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

7.2 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 455,000

Welfare recipients

7.6 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

67%

Social housing

21%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

94%

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

5,111 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

35%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,317

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

1.1 km

Households with children

59%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

27%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Beljaart has strikingly many children under 15: 27%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1527%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6520%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
59% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,111 — 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 Beljaart a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Beljaart comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Beljaart is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Beljaart?

In Beljaart the police recorded 28 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Beljaart calculated?

Beljaart scores 9.3 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 Beljaart 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.