neighbourhood in Almere

Noorderplassen W.-Oost

2,265 residents · postal code 1319 · Part of Noorderplassen, Almere

Top 11% in the Netherlands

School close by, shops further off

More than a third of the surface of Noorderplassen West-Oost is water. That is exceptional, and it makes the 5.8 for quiet & nature all the more striking: the tree canopy stays at less than half the national median, the green cover within three hundred metres below it, and many people live here per square kilometre. Water alone does not lift that pillar.

The wealth & income pillar stands at 8.5 and every component points the same way: property value above the national median, many high incomes, few low ones, hardly any social assistance and little vacancy.

The neighbourhood was built entirely this century and more than half of households have children; with a primary school a kilometre away that produces an 8.7 for families. Among the offences burglary, property crime and vandalism stay below the national middle and only violence comes out slightly above.

no. 1,428 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 40 of 174 in Almere

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Is Noorderplassen W.-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderplassen W.-Oost comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Noorderplassen W.

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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

16.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

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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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.9 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

4.1 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

5.5 km

Café

4.0 km

Library

5.2 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

€ 500,000

Welfare recipients

4.4 per 1,000

High incomes

33%

Low incomes

29%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

66%

Social housing

18%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

82%

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

6,696 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

Water share

36%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

669

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.8 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

1.0 km

Households with children

56%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

4.1 km

Residents under 15

24%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Noorderplassen W.-Oost has strikingly many children under 15: 24%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1524%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
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
2.8 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
56% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,696 — 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 Noorderplassen W.-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Noorderplassen W.-Oost comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Noorderplassen W.-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Noorderplassen W.-Oost?

In Noorderplassen W.-Oost the police recorded 45 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Noorderplassen W.-Oost calculated?

Noorderplassen W.-Oost scores 9.2 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 Noorderplassen W.-Oost 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.