neighbourhood in Ridderkerk

Bolnes

7,910 residents · postal code 2987 · Part of Bolnes, Ridderkerk

Bottom 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Burglary is the only one of the four crime types in Bolnes that stays below the Dutch middle. Violence, theft and vandalism are all three above it, and together they produce a 4.8 for safety. Anyone reading that score as 'there are break-ins here' is reading it wrong; it sits in the other three.

The 8.4 for amenities comes from the everyday things. Supermarket and GP, together more than four tenths of that pillar, are within walking distance; the station further off counts more lightly.

The wealth pillar sticks at a 3.9. The house price is considerably below the Dutch middle, low incomes occur more widely than nationally and social assistance is many times above it — only vacancy is not bad. That an eighth of the surface area consists of water does help the quiet pillar: it comes out at a 6.4, despite a noise level above the national middle.

no. 8,125 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 6 of 10 in Ridderkerk

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Is Bolnes a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bolnes comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

30.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

12.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 311 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

5.0 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 315,000

Welfare recipients

30.3 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

52%

Social housing

44%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

47%

Built after 2000

17%

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

3,201 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

13%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,964

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.7 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Bolnes has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,201 — 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 Bolnes a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bolnes comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Bolnes?

In Bolnes the police recorded 311 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Bolnes calculated?

Bolnes scores 5.3 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 Bolnes 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.