neighbourhood in Vlissingen
Oude Binnenstad
3,855 residents · postal code 4381 · Part of Binnenstad, Vlissingen
Everything close by, little to spend
Of the five pillars the Oude Binnenstad of Vlissingen scores one high and four low, and the overall figure of 2.6 ranks among the lowest in the country. The amenities are excellent — restaurant, supermarket and GP are round the corner — but that is where it stops.
The wealth & income pillar points the same way on every component. Property values are a good half of the Dutch median, high incomes occur less often than nationally, low incomes more often, and vacancy is more than three times as high as in the average neighbourhood. Roughly one in every seven dwellings here stands empty; for a city centre with this level of amenities that is a bad sign.
Also striking is how treeless this neighbourhood measures: within three hundred metres under a tenth of the area is green and the tree canopy is all but absent. Even so the quiet & nature pillar comes out at a 3.7 and not lower, because noise here stays below the Dutch median.
- no. 12,866 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 35 of 36 in Vlissingen
How Oude Binnenstad scores
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Is Oude Binnenstad a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oude Binnenstad comes out at 68 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oude Binnenstad 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, 398 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
Oude Binnenstad has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–156%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+39%
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
12% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,952 — 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 Oude Binnenstad a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oude Binnenstad comes out at 68 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Oude Binnenstad 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 Oude Binnenstad?
In Oude Binnenstad the police recorded 398 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (68 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 Oude Binnenstad calculated?
Oude Binnenstad scores 2.6 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 Oude Binnenstad 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Vlissingen
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Vlissingen.
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