neighbourhood in Neder-Betuwe
Opheusden
5,610 residents · postal code 4043 · Part of Kesteren, Neder-Betuwe
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Almost a quarter of the residents of Opheusden are under fifteen and almost half of households have children; with a primary school around the corner that yields a 9.4 for families — a figure that here is genuinely about children and not only about distances.
The 9.6 for safety rests on a violence figure that is a fraction of the national median and a property crime figure that does not reach a quarter of it. Only burglary lies slightly above the national level, which across over five thousand residents is a matter of a handful of reported offences. At the same time wealth sticks at a 4.5, and that comes mainly from the incomes: the bottom group is clearly broader than nationally, the top one thinner, and the property value stays below the middle.
- no. 1,893 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 18 in Neder-Betuwe
How Opheusden scores
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Is Opheusden a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Opheusden comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Opheusden 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, 61 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
Opheusden has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1523%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
46% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,596 — 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 Opheusden a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Opheusden comes out at 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Opheusden 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 Opheusden?
In Opheusden the police recorded 61 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (9 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 Opheusden calculated?
Opheusden scores 8.9 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 Opheusden 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.
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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