neighbourhood in Neder-Betuwe
Kesteren
4,685 residents · postal code 4041 · Part of Kesteren, Neder-Betuwe
Kesteren, a village in the Betuwe river country, leads on safety with a 9.2, helped by recorded crime of 16 per 1,000 people present, well below the national median. Almost nine in ten homes are single-family houses, and 43 percent of households have children. Amenities score a surprisingly strong 8.4. Wealth and income lags at 4.5, and home values of €375,000 remain under the national midpoint.
- no. 1,512 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 18 in Neder-Betuwe
How Kesteren scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 93 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
Kesteren has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,925 — 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
How is the grade for Kesteren calculated?
Kesteren scores 9.1 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Kesteren lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Kesteren a safe neighbourhood?
Kesteren scores 9.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Neder-Betuwe
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Neder-Betuwe.
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