neighbourhood in Almere

Waterwijk Midden

1,760 residents · postal code 1316 · Part of Waterwijk, Almere

Top 23% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Waterwijk Midden records more reported offences than the average Dutch neighbourhood, but violence there is actually below it. What fills the figure is theft and burglary: things disappear here, this is not a place where people need to feel unsafe on the street after dark. Even so it pushes the safety pillar down to a 4.5.

That sits next to a 9.4 for families. The primary school and the supermarket are both four hundred metres away and almost four in ten households have children; distance is the component that weighs most heavily in that.

The wealth & income pillar hangs in the middle at a 5.6. Property value is below the national median, but the share of low-income households is below it too, and vacancy is small.

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no. 71 of 174 in Almere

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Is Waterwijk Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waterwijk Midden comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

28.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

11.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 62 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

2.0 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

2.5 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

2.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 351,000

Welfare recipients

11.4 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

84%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

90%

Built after 2000

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

6,185 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

13%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,393

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

0.4 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Waterwijk Midden has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4531%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,185 — 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 Waterwijk Midden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Waterwijk Midden comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Waterwijk Midden?

In Waterwijk Midden the police recorded 62 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Waterwijk Midden calculated?

Waterwijk Midden scores 8.3 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 Waterwijk Midden 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.