neighbourhood in Terneuzen
Binnenstad-Java
3,180 residents · postal code 4531 · Part of Terneuzen Centrum, Terneuzen
Everything close by, safety lags
Of all the figures for Binnenstad-Java, one overshadows the rest: violence here occurs almost seven times as often as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. Burglary, property crime and vandalism sit above the national middle too — this is not an area where things go missing and nothing else happens. The 2.5 for safety is among the lowest in the country.
The wealth & income column points the same way. Property value is half the national median, half of households have a low income, and the rate of social assistance is more than six times the national level.
Against that stands a central position that works out well on the map: supermarket, GP and restaurant are all within a kilometre, and that makes a 7.7 for amenities despite a station twenty-seven kilometres away. The primary school falls outside that pattern, at more than a kilometre, and drags the families score down.
- no. 13,041 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 36 in Terneuzen
How Binnenstad-Java scores
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Is Binnenstad-Java a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Binnenstad-Java comes out at 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad-Java 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, 326 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
Binnenstad-Java has strikingly few children under 15: 7%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–157%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+33%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
62% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,120 — 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 Binnenstad-Java a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Binnenstad-Java comes out at 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Binnenstad-Java 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 Binnenstad-Java?
In Binnenstad-Java the police recorded 326 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (66 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 Binnenstad-Java calculated?
Binnenstad-Java scores 2.5 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 Binnenstad-Java 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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