neighbourhood in Almere

Europakwartier W.-Noord

2,510 residents · postal code 1363 · Part of Europakwartier West, Almere

Top 13% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Europakwartier W.-Noord was built entirely after 2000, and that explains the lowest score of the set: 3.1 for quiet & nature. Tree canopy is virtually absent, far below the national middle, and the greenery in the immediate surroundings lags too. In a district of this age that is to be expected.

Against that stand a 9.5 for amenities and a 9.8 for families. Everything is within walking distance, the primary school three hundred metres away, and only a twentieth of residents are 65 or older. The 5.9 for wealth & income has the most to say: relatively many higher incomes and few lower ones live here, but the property value is below the national middle and the social assistance rate more than two and a half times above it. That picture is not clear-cut.

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no. 47 of 174 in Almere

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Is Europakwartier W.-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Europakwartier W.-Noord comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

20.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 68 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

0.5 km

Café

3.3 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.9 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

€ 381,000

Welfare recipients

19.9 per 1,000

High incomes

31%

Low incomes

26%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

26%

Built after 2000

100%

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

10,428 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,164

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

0.3 km

Households with children

33%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.5 km

Residents under 15

21%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Europakwartier W.-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 49%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1521%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4549%
NL median 22%
45–6518%
NL median 28%
65+5%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,428 — 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 Europakwartier W.-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Europakwartier W.-Noord comes out at 20 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 Europakwartier W.-Noord?

In Europakwartier W.-Noord the police recorded 68 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Europakwartier W.-Noord calculated?

Europakwartier W.-Noord scores 9.0 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 Europakwartier W.-Noord 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.