neighbourhood in Oost Gelre
Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde
395 residents · postal code 7131 · Part of Lichtenvoorde, Oost Gelre
Room to spare, amenities further off
The crime figure for Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde is close to double the national middle, but there is little to hang it on. The four broken-out types together — violence, burglary, theft and vandalism — explain less than a third of that total, and with fewer than four hundred residents every reported offence stands for a sizeable swing per thousand. So the 6.1 for safety rests on a narrow base.
The other figures stand firmer. Property values are above the national median, social assistance is absent and vacancy is low, which produces 8.2 for wealth & income. More than half of households have children, while the primary school is nearly two kilometres away — and that distance is what holds the families pillar at 6.1.
- no. 4,636 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 23 of 37 in Oost Gelre
How Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde scores
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Is Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde 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, 37 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
Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4515%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
51% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
60 — 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 Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde comes out at 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde 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 Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde?
In Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (46 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 Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde calculated?
Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde scores 7.3 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 Buitengebied Lichtenvoorde 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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