The districts of Bronckhorst
Bronckhorst has 36,035 residents (2026), spread across 5 districts and 45 neighbourhoods.
Safe, but few children
Bronckhorst averages 7.3, which puts the municipality above 63% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 8.4; families hold it back at 5.4. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Vorden (8.8), the lowest in Baak (2.8). That is 6.0 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Bronckhorst
- residents
- 36,035
- districts
- 5
- neighbourhoods
- 45
- km² of land
- 284
How Bronckhorst scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 509 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Bronckhorst →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Bronckhorst →
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
Bronckhorst has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4517%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,586 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Bronckhorst, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Bronckhorst →Vorden
Bronckhorst
Halle
Bronckhorst
Verspreide huizen Dunsborg
Bronckhorst
Verspreide huizen Zelhem
Bronckhorst
Verspreide huizen Delden en Veldwijk
Bronckhorst
Wichmond
Bronckhorst
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Bronckhorst
The worst districts of Bronckhorst are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Bronckhorst: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Bronckhorst: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Bronckhorst →
Other rankings
The 5 districts of Bronckhorst with a grade
Sorted by total grade