neighbourhood in Eindhoven

Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch

3,375 residents · postal code 5654 · Part of Oud-Gestel, Eindhoven

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Almost one in twenty residents of Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch lives on social assistance, six times the national rate, while property value is not even far below the median. Those two usually go together; here they diverge, and the result is a 3.4 for wealth & income that rests on incomes rather than on bricks. Vacancy sits exactly on the national median and so points nowhere.

Safety comes to a 5.7 with a striking split: violence stays below the national median, while property crime, burglary and vandalism edge slightly above it. The score here is not made by violence but by what goes missing or gets broken — a difference the total number of reported offences does not show.

no. 9,451 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 56 of 103 in Eindhoven

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Is Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch comes out at 27 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

26.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

10.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 112 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

0.9 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

4.4 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

3.6 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

€ 337,000

Welfare recipients

47.4 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

32%

Social housing

47%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

64%

Built after 2000

25%

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

5,627 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,426

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

0.6 km

Households with children

25%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
25% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,627 — 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 Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch comes out at 27 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 Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch?

In Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch the police recorded 112 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch calculated?

Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch scores 4.6 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 Bennekel-West, Gagelbosch 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.