neighbourhood in Gorinchem
Laag Dalem Oost
2,560 residents · postal code 4207 · Part of laag Dalem, Gorinchem
Safe, but not spacious
More than half of the households in Laag Dalem Oost have children, an exceptional share — nationally it is about a third. With the school nine hundred metres away the families pillar comes to 8.8, and here it really is the children who make the figure, not just the distance.
The 9.4 for safety is equally solid. Violence and residential burglary are rare here; only property crime is slightly above the national median, and that is the lightest of the four categories.
The weak spot is the setting: greenery within three hundred metres and the tree canopy are both below the national level, while noise is above it. Hence a 4.9 for quiet & nature in what is otherwise a strong neighbourhood.
The wealth pillar does not lean on the property value, which sits almost exactly on the median, but on incomes and a rate of social assistance at half the normal level.
- no. 1,014 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 20 in Gorinchem
How Laag Dalem Oost scores
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Is Laag Dalem Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laag Dalem Oost comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 57 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
Laag Dalem Oost has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 12%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
54% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,486 — 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 Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Laag Dalem Oost comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Laag Dalem Oost?
In Laag Dalem Oost the police recorded 57 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Oost calculated?
Laag Dalem Oost scores 9.4 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 Oost 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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