neighbourhood in West Maas en Waal
Kern Beneden-Leeuwen
6,010 residents · postal code 6658 · Part of Beneden-Leeuwen, West Maas en Waal
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Kern Beneden-Leeuwen has almost everything within a kilometre except the train: the nearest station is eleven kilometres away. That holds amenities at a 6.3, while supermarket, primary school and restaurant are round the corner.
The 4.8 for wealth & income is an income story here, and that is far from true everywhere. Property value is only slightly below the Dutch middle; what depresses the score is the income distribution, with more households at the bottom end than nationally and fewer at the top.
On safety burglary is the only category above the median, while violence, theft and vandalism all three stay below. On balance that produces a 7.9; so anyone living here mainly has to deal with burglary and hardly with the rest.
- no. 5,495 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 9 of 16 in West Maas en Waal
How Kern Beneden-Leeuwen scores
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Is Kern Beneden-Leeuwen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Beneden-Leeuwen comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Beneden-Leeuwen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 123 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
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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
Kern Beneden-Leeuwen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,468 — around the 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 Kern Beneden-Leeuwen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Kern Beneden-Leeuwen comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Kern Beneden-Leeuwen is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Kern Beneden-Leeuwen?
In Kern Beneden-Leeuwen the police recorded 123 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Kern Beneden-Leeuwen calculated?
Kern Beneden-Leeuwen scores 6.8 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 Kern Beneden-Leeuwen 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 Maas en Waal.
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