neighbourhood in Gorinchem
Laag Dalem I
2,095 residents · postal code 4207 · Part of laag Dalem, Gorinchem
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Two of the four categories of offence in Laag Dalem I land exactly on the national median: violence and vandalism. The 7.8 for safety therefore comes entirely from the other two — burglary and property crime both stay far below the median. That is a sharper picture than the summary figure gives.
The share of greenery around also sits on the national median, while the tree canopy is well above it and the sound level below. That lifts the quiet & nature pillar to 7.2 in a place with over six thousand residents per square kilometre — density is normally what depresses that score.
The weakest pillar is wealth & income at 5.4, and it stays mixed: property values below the median, the income spread almost exactly on it, and vacancy close to zero.
- no. 1,294 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 20 in Gorinchem
How Laag Dalem I scores
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Is Laag Dalem I a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laag Dalem I comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Laag Dalem I is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 36 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Laag Dalem I looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,070 — 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 Laag Dalem I a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laag Dalem I comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Laag Dalem I 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 Laag Dalem I?
In Laag Dalem I the police recorded 36 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Laag Dalem I calculated?
Laag Dalem I 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 Laag Dalem I 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.
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