neighbourhood in Goes

Goes-Noordwest

6,645 residents · postal code 4463 · Part of Goes, Goes

Bottom 24% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

In Goes-Noordwest the crime figure is above the national middle, but not for the reason you would expect. Theft actually stays below it and burglary is barely above; it is violence and vandalism that are both registered here more than twice as often. That is the reverse of the town-centre profile in which mainly property disappears, and violence weighs heaviest in that pillar — hence the 3.6.

The 3.3 for wealth & income has a clear driver. The property value is far below the national median and social assistance almost five times above it, while the top income group here is only half as wide as in the country. Vacancy is the only component pointing the other way.

Against that stands a 8.7 for families, carried by the short distance to the primary school; the share of children in the population actually stays below the national one.

no. 9,960 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 16 of 29 in Goes

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Is Goes-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Goes-Noordwest comes out at 30 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

30.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

7.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 246 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.5 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

5.3 km

Café

1.8 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 276,000

Welfare recipients

37.6 per 1,000

High incomes

11%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

43%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

Built after 2000

11%

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

3,873 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,280

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

0.5 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Goes-Noordwest looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,873 — 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 Goes-Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Goes-Noordwest comes out at 30 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 Goes-Noordwest?

In Goes-Noordwest the police recorded 246 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Goes-Noordwest calculated?

Goes-Noordwest scores 4.3 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 Goes-Noordwest 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.