neighbourhood in Almere

Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid

840 residents · postal code 1334 · Part of Centrum Almere Buiten, Almere

Bottom 14% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

The number of recorded offences in Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid is more than four times the national median, and the centre of gravity is theft: that figure alone is a multiple of what is usual nationally. But violence is far above it too, so this is not only a matter of things disappearing.

Set against that is the accessibility. A restaurant, the supermarket and the station are all a few hundred metres away, good for a 9.2 for amenities. That is the classic centre profile: everything within reach, little quiet, many reports.

The quiet & nature pillar confirms it at a 2.8, with traffic noise well above the median and no open water. Of the wealth components it is mainly the social assistance rate that deviates, while vacancy is minimal.

no. 11,325 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 161 of 174 in Almere

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Is Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

104.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

10.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

63.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 168 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.2 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

0.5 km

Restaurant

0.1 km

Hospital

6.1 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 295,000

Welfare recipients

59.5 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

51%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

81%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

6,303 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

2,397

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 µg/m³

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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.9 km

Households with children

23%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 42%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–256%
NL median 11%
25–4542%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
23% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,303 — 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 Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid comes out at 104 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid?

In Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid the police recorded 168 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (104 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 Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid calculated?

Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid scores 3.5 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 Centrum Almere Buiten Zuid 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.