neighbourhood in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten

Gerwen

1,920 residents · postal code 5674 · Part of Gerwen, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten

Top 11% in the Netherlands

Room to spare, amenities further off

Four of the five pillars reach 7.6 or higher in Gerwen, and only amenities clearly lags: the supermarket and GP are over two kilometres away, the station further still.

Within the safety pillar there is one movement against the current. Burglary here is almost double the national middle, while violence, property crime and vandalism all three stay below it. That is a different profile from what the high safety figure suggests: the risk is at the front door, not on the street.

The primary school is five hundred metres away, and that explains why the families pillar comes out higher than the share of children would suggest — distance is by far the heaviest component in it.

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no. 4 of 10 in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten

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Is Gerwen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gerwen comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Gerwen 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.

Total crime

14.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

5.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 30 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

2.5 km

GP practice

2.2 km

Train station

6.8 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

6.5 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 564,000

Welfare recipients

10.4 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

86%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

97%

Built after 2000

21%

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

601 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

68%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

311

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.5 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

0.5 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.7 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Gerwen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
601 — far less 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 Gerwen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gerwen comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Gerwen 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 Gerwen?

In Gerwen the police recorded 30 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Gerwen calculated?

Gerwen scores 9.2 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 Gerwen 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.