neighbourhood in Almere
Verzetswijk Oost
2,055 residents · postal code 1318 · Part of Verzetswijk, Almere
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
The wealth & income figure for Verzetswijk Oost, a 5.4, covers two opposing movements. The share of higher incomes sits slightly above the national median and the share of lower incomes below it — a middle group that is therefore broader than average. At the same time social assistance here runs at almost four times the national median, and property value stays just below the median. What pulls the figure down is not the income distribution as a whole but its bottom end.
The 7.0 for quiet & nature in this Almere neighbourhood comes from water. Almost a seventh of the surface is water, against half a per cent nationally, and the tree canopy is above the median too. Among offences one type stands out: burglaries are above the national median, while violence, vandalism and property crime all three stay below it. The overall picture of reported offences is more favourable here than what happens to homes.
- no. 2,307 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 56 of 174 in Almere
How Verzetswijk Oost scores
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Is Verzetswijk Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Verzetswijk Oost 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 figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 48 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
Verzetswijk Oost has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 16%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,876 — 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 Verzetswijk Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Verzetswijk Oost 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 Verzetswijk Oost?
In Verzetswijk Oost the police recorded 48 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 Verzetswijk Oost calculated?
Verzetswijk Oost scores 8.7 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 Verzetswijk 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.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Almere.
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