neighbourhood in Almere
Columbuskwartier Zuid
1,370 residents · postal code 1363 · Part of Columbuskwartier, Almere
Everything for children close by, and little room
The tree canopy in and around Columbuskwartier Zuid covers less than one per cent of the surface, against almost nine per cent nationally. That is the neighbourhood's sharpest outlier and it pushes the quiet & nature pillar to a 2.8, together with less greenery than average and the complete absence of water.
On wealth & income, by contrast, every component points the same way: property value is above the national median, high incomes are over-represented, low ones are not, and both social assistance and vacancy stay below the national median. And although more offences are recorded than in the average neighbourhood, safety stays at 8.1: the difference lies almost entirely in theft, while violence and burglary are clearly below the national median.
- no. 1,304 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 174 in Almere
How Columbuskwartier Zuid scores
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Is Columbuskwartier Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Columbuskwartier Zuid comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 45 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
Columbuskwartier Zuid has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1523%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4535%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,008 — 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 Columbuskwartier Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Columbuskwartier Zuid comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Columbuskwartier Zuid?
In Columbuskwartier Zuid the police recorded 45 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Columbuskwartier Zuid calculated?
Columbuskwartier Zuid scores 9.3 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 Columbuskwartier 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.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Almere.
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