neighbourhood in Gorinchem

Benedenstad

3,935 residents · postal code 4201 · Part of Gorinchem binnenstad, Gorinchem

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

In most inner-city neighbourhoods it is theft that pushes the offence count up. In Benedenstad it is different: violence stands at more than three times the national median and is the defining category, with theft and vandalism above it as well. Hence the 3.0 for safety, the neighbourhood's lowest figure.

Quiet & nature comes out higher than this building density would suggest, at a 5.1, and that is down to water: more than four in ten square metres consist of it. Greenery is scarce, but it is also quieter here than the national norm.

One figure stands out in the wealth & income pillar: vacancy here is almost three times the national level. Property values and incomes are around or slightly below the middle; it is vacancy that helps drag the 4.3 down.

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no. 16 of 20 in Gorinchem

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Is Benedenstad a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

42.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

14.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 293 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

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.1 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

0.4 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

€ 329,000

Welfare recipients

20.3 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

41%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

23%

Built after 2000

18%

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

7,209 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

29%

Trees nearby

Water share

44%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,086

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

16%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Benedenstad has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4533%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,209 — 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 Benedenstad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Benedenstad comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Benedenstad is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Benedenstad?

In Benedenstad the police recorded 293 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (43 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 Benedenstad calculated?

Benedenstad 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 Benedenstad 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.