neighbourhood in Almere
Bouwmeesterbuurt West
955 residents · postal code 1333 · Part of Bouwmeesterbuurt, Almere
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Bouwmeesterbuurt West is home to just over nine hundred people, and the rate of social assistance there is many times the national median. That is the heaviest brake on a wealth & income score of 3.9, together with a property value well below the median. Still, not everything points down: vacancy is half of what is usual nationally, and the share of households on a low income is only slightly above the middle.
The 6.6 for safety is more surprising, because the total number of reported offences is below the national median. It lies in the types: burglary and vandalism are both just above it, while violence and theft stay below. For anyone living here that is a different story from the one the score tells at first glance — the risk is with the shed and the car rather than with the street.
- no. 3,095 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 73 of 174 in Almere
How Bouwmeesterbuurt West scores
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Is Bouwmeesterbuurt West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bouwmeesterbuurt West 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.
In 2025, 15 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
Bouwmeesterbuurt West has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+14%
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
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,705 — 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 Bouwmeesterbuurt West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bouwmeesterbuurt West 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 Bouwmeesterbuurt West?
In Bouwmeesterbuurt West the police recorded 15 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 Bouwmeesterbuurt West calculated?
Bouwmeesterbuurt West scores 8.2 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 Bouwmeesterbuurt West 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 Almere.
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