neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Burgen

2,930 residents · postal code 3437 · Part of Batau Noord, Nieuwegein

Bottom 13% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The 2.9 for safety in Burgen is largely the work of one type of offence. Violence here runs at almost three times the national median, and violence is the heaviest component of that pillar. Property offences and criminal damage are above it too; domestic burglary stays close to it.

Wealth & income gives a more nuanced picture than a 4.3 suggests. The income distribution in this Nieuwegein neighbourhood barely differs from the national one: higher and lower incomes both sit within a few points of the median. What depresses the score is the property value, which stays below the national median, and above all the social assistance rate, which is a multiple above it.

Amenities are the strongest point at 8.0, though the station is more than six kilometres away. Quiet & nature sticks at 3.9 because of noise, which comes out above the national median.

no. 11,382 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 27 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Burgen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Burgen comes out at 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Burgen 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.

Total crime

47.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

19.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 189 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.4 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

6.6 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.2 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

€ 341,000

Welfare recipients

34.1 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

45%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

33%

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

8,392 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,709

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.3 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

27%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

3.1 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Burgen has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4532%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,392 — 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 Burgen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Burgen comes out at 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Burgen 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 Burgen?

In Burgen the police recorded 189 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (47 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 Burgen calculated?

Burgen scores 3.5 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 Burgen 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.