neighbourhood in Almere
Oostvaardersbuurt West
2,470 residents · postal code 1335 · Part of Oostvaardersbuurt, Almere
Everything for children close by, and little room
Oostvaardersbuurt West scores a 10.0 for families, one of the highest in the country. The primary school is two hundred metres away, the station six hundred, and half of households have children; distance and population make-up reinforce each other here.
The total number of reported offences is exactly on the national median, but the composition differs. Violence is almost twice above the Dutch average and so is vandalism, while theft stays below. Those two weigh heavily in the safety pillar, which explains the 4.4; this is not the kind of insecurity where mainly possessions go missing. The 2.9 for quiet & nature fits a densely built district with little greenery in the immediate surroundings and noise above the median.
- no. 5,344 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 107 of 174 in Almere
How Oostvaardersbuurt West scores
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Is Oostvaardersbuurt West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oostvaardersbuurt West comes out at 24 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, 78 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 West has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 9%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,336 — 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 West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oostvaardersbuurt West comes out at 24 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 Oostvaardersbuurt West?
In Oostvaardersbuurt West the police recorded 78 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 West calculated?
Oostvaardersbuurt West scores 6.9 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 West 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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