neighbourhood in Almere
Oostvaardersbuurt Noord
1,035 residents · postal code 1335 · Part of Oostvaardersbuurt, Almere
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Oostvaardersbuurt Noord sits at a 10.0, in the top hundred of all Dutch neighbourhoods, and that is not a matter of one strong pillar. Safety, wealth & income and quiet & nature all three exceed a nine, and on safety all four types of reported offence are below the national middle.
The tree canopy here is almost three times as wide as nationally and the share of greenery around it well above, while noise stays below the median. That is the rare combination the quiet & nature pillar is built on.
The exception is the 5.5 for amenities: the supermarket, the GP and the station are all more than a kilometre away. That is also what holds the families pillar at a 7.4, while more than half of households here have children.
- no. 76 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 174 in Almere
How Oostvaardersbuurt Noord scores
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Is Oostvaardersbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oostvaardersbuurt Noord comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oostvaardersbuurt Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 14 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
Oostvaardersbuurt Noord has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 13%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6534%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,737 — 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 Oostvaardersbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oostvaardersbuurt Noord comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oostvaardersbuurt Noord 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 Oostvaardersbuurt Noord?
In Oostvaardersbuurt Noord the police recorded 14 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Oostvaardersbuurt Noord calculated?
Oostvaardersbuurt Noord scores 10.0 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 Oostvaardersbuurt 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Almere
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Almere.
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