neighbourhood in West Betuwe

Geldermalsen Zuid

3,055 residents · postal code 4191 · Part of Geldermalsen, West Betuwe

Top 38% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Burglary is the only offence in Geldermalsen Zuid that really stands out: reported more than four times as often as in an average Dutch neighbourhood, while violence, vandalism and theft all stay below it. That is a different kind of insecurity from the one a busy centre knows — it is about homes, not about the street.

For the rest it is proximity that counts here: the primary school is five hundred metres away and children live in more than a third of households, which together produces an 8.7 for families.

Set against that is the 4.2 for quiet & nature. There is less greenery in the immediate surroundings than in most Dutch neighbourhoods, open water is absent altogether, and more than four thousand people live per square kilometre. Greenery and quiet are things you have to look for outside the neighbourhood.

no. 4,945 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 37 of 64 in West Betuwe

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Is Geldermalsen Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Geldermalsen Zuid comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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

18.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 65 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

11.1 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 384,000

Welfare recipients

19.6 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

44%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

35%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

Built after 2000

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

4,516 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,200

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

0.5 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,516 — 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 Geldermalsen Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Geldermalsen Zuid comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Geldermalsen Zuid?

In Geldermalsen Zuid the police recorded 65 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 Geldermalsen Zuid calculated?

Geldermalsen Zuid scores 7.2 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 Geldermalsen Zuid 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.