neighbourhood in Venlo

Bosserhof

3,910 residents · postal code 5931 · Part of Tegelen-Centrum, Venlo

Bottom 29% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Bosserhof combines an 8.4 for amenities with a 3.6 for wealth & income, and the two are connected: everything is close by in a place where housing is cheap. Property values are well below the national median, high incomes are scarce and the social assistance rate is several times the national one.

The 4.2 for safety does not come from theft, which is below the national median. Violence is the outlier here, at more than one and a half times the median, with vandalism and burglary above it as well.

Quiet & nature stops at a 5.2, with a noise level above the national median and a tree canopy below it. The green cover nearby sits just under the median — no component of that pillar really works in its favour here.

no. 9,317 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 48 of 94 in Venlo

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Is Bosserhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bosserhof comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

26.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

7.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 122 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.6 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 286,000

Welfare recipients

20.5 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

32%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

79%

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

3,091 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,281

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

2.1 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,091 — 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 Bosserhof a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Bosserhof comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Bosserhof?

In Bosserhof the police recorded 122 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Bosserhof calculated?

Bosserhof scores 4.7 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 Bosserhof 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.