neighbourhood in Gorinchem

Bovenstad

2,035 residents · postal code 4201 · Part of Gorinchem binnenstad, Gorinchem

Top 25% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

A city-centre neighbourhood with a 7.4 for quiet & nature is unusual, but Bovenstad has the measurements for it: almost a sixth of its surface is water, noise is below the national median and the tree canopy above it. Only density weighs the figure down. Amenities here are a few hundred metres away and produce a 9.9.

The 5.8 for families points the other way. Fewer than a tenth of residents are under fifteen and just over a fifth of households have children; the primary school is also further away than the other amenities. Wealth & income stalls at 4.4, with components pointing both ways: the income distribution is close to the national picture, but property value stays below it, vacancy is above it and social assistance runs at several times the median.

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no. 8 of 20 in Gorinchem

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Is Bovenstad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bovenstad comes out at 27 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

27.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

8.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 82 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

0.3 km

Train station

1.4 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

2.4 km

Café

0.2 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.6 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

€ 370,000

Welfare recipients

29.5 per 1,000

High incomes

21%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

43%

Social housing

40%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

33%

Built after 2000

12%

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

6,081 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

15%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,919

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.9 km

Households with children

22%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bovenstad has strikingly few children under 15: 9%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6530%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,081 — 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 Bovenstad a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bovenstad 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 Bovenstad?

In Bovenstad the police recorded 82 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 Bovenstad calculated?

Bovenstad scores 8.2 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 Bovenstad 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.