neighbourhood in West Betuwe
Heesselt
180 residents · postal code 4063 · Part of Varik en Ophemert, West Betuwe
Room to spare, amenities further off
A hundred and eighty residents, and the nearest supermarket is a good eight kilometres away. That explains the 2.5 for amenities almost entirely: the pillar measures nothing but distance, and in Heesselt every errand is a car journey.
The flip side sits in the quiet & nature pillar, an 8.1. Noise levels here are twelve decibels lower than is usual nationally, and the share of greenery in the immediate surroundings is almost double the median. Quiet here is not an impression but a measurement.
The safety score calls for restraint. Total reported offences are above the national median, and so is violence, but with so few residents a single report already weighs heavily in a per-thousand figure. On wealth the components point two ways: property value is above the median and no social assistance is recorded, but the share of households on a low income is larger than nationally. There is no single, clear picture of prosperity here.
- no. 12,448 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 64 of 64 in West Betuwe
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Heesselt scores
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Is Heesselt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Heesselt comes out at 28 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.
In 2025, 5 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
Heesselt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4516%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
NL median 28%
- 65+34%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,135 — far less 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 Heesselt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Heesselt comes out at 28 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 Heesselt?
In Heesselt the police recorded 5 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 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 Heesselt calculated?
Heesselt scores 2.9 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 Heesselt 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of West Betuwe.
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