neighbourhood in Gouda
Boerhaavekwartier
2,280 residents · postal code 2803 · Part of Bloemendaal, Gouda
Everything close by, safety lags
Five per cent of residents are under fifteen and more than four in ten are 65 or over: the Boerhaavekwartier is an old neighbourhood in the literal sense. That the families figure still comes out at 5.6 is down to the primary school six hundred metres away — within that pillar distance counts for more than the share of children.
The 2.6 for safety cannot be pinned on one type. Violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism are all four above the national middle, property crime at almost three times the median.
Wealth & income lags at 4.7, but not across the board. The property value is clearly below the national median; the share of high incomes sits exactly on it and the share of low incomes below it. So it is mainly the value of the property that pushes the figure down, not the income of the people living there.
- no. 11,600 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 42 of 46 in Gouda
How Boerhaavekwartier scores
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Is Boerhaavekwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Boerhaavekwartier comes out at 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Boerhaavekwartier is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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, 199 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
Boerhaavekwartier has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 42%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–155%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6519%
NL median 28%
- 65+42%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
58% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
9% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,877 — 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 Boerhaavekwartier a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Boerhaavekwartier comes out at 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Boerhaavekwartier 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 Boerhaavekwartier?
In Boerhaavekwartier the police recorded 199 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (62 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 Boerhaavekwartier calculated?
Boerhaavekwartier scores 3.3 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 Boerhaavekwartier 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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