neighbourhood in Gorinchem

Stalkaarsen

3,240 residents · postal code 4205 · Part of Stalkaarsen, Gorinchem

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Everything is close by in Stalkaarsen — supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all within eight hundred metres, and the station two kilometres off. That is where the 9.1 for amenities comes from, and it is also the only component above the middle.

The safety score is weak across the board: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism all lie above the national median, burglary at more than triple. So no single type can be pointed to as the explanation.

Wealth is different. The share of low incomes sits exactly at the national level and vacancy stays below it; what drags the pillar down is property value, far below the median, together with a social assistance rate more than triple that level. This is not a neighbourhood lagging behind everywhere, but one where the money is missing from the bricks.

no. 8,158 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 15 of 20 in Gorinchem

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Is Stalkaarsen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Stalkaarsen 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

3.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.8 per 1,000

Property crime

9.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 112 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.

Supermarket

0.6 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

0.8 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 314,000

Welfare recipients

27.8 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

43%

Built after 2000

13%

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

4,531 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,069

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

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Stalkaarsen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,531 — 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 Stalkaarsen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Stalkaarsen 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 Stalkaarsen?

In Stalkaarsen the police recorded 112 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 Stalkaarsen calculated?

Stalkaarsen scores 5.3 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 Stalkaarsen 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.