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Kern Beneden-Leeuwen

6,010 residents · postal code 6658 · Part of Beneden-Leeuwen, West Maas en Waal

  • no. 7,240 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 15 of 16 in West Maas en Waal
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Scores per pillar

The village of Beneden-Leeuwen lies in West Maas en Waal, in Gelderland's river country: spread out with 79 percent single-family homes and ample greenery. Nature and safety are the strengths (6.9 and 7.5), and at sixteen crimes per 1,000 residents crime is limited. Amenities stay moderate at 6.2, and the train station is eleven kilometres away. The population is ageing; the overall grade comes to 5.9.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.9 km
Train station
10.9 km
Hospital
8.1 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Café
3.2 km
Library
0.9 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
16.0
Violent crimes
1.0
Burglaries
1.0

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 398,000
Owner-occupied
65%
Single-family homes
79%
Built after 2000
20%
Income per resident
€ 32,000

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 10%25–45 19%45–65 29%65+ 28%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
32%
Single-person households
32%
Residents per km²
2,468

Nearby neighbourhoods

Buitengebied Beneden-Leeuwen

West Maas en Waal

9.2

Kern Boven-Leeuwen

West Maas en Waal

5.9

IJzendoorn

Neder-Betuwe

5.1

Buitengebied Boven-Leeuwen

West Maas en Waal

8.3

Kern Wamel

West Maas en Waal

7.5

Buitengebied Wamel

West Maas en Waal

7.0

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Epe

5.8

Gors-Noord

Purmerend

5.8

Gorsingen Hoeck

Voorne aan Zee

5.8

Arkel-Dorp

Molenlanden

5.8

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Kern Beneden-Leeuwen calculated?

Kern Beneden-Leeuwen scores 5.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Kern Beneden-Leeuwen a safe neighbourhood?

Kern Beneden-Leeuwen scores 7.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.