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neighbourhood in Almere

Waterwijk Midden

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

  • no. 7,269 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 100 of 173 in Almere

Scores per pillar

Mostly owner-occupied yet unsafe on paper: Waterwijk Midden in Almere pairs 84 percent home ownership with a safety score of 3.5. Amenities, by contrast, score 9.1 and the overall grade 5.8. Nine in ten homes are single-family. At 28.6 offences per 1,000 people present, crime sits above the national median.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.5 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
2.0 km
Hospital
2.5 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Café
0.8 km
Library
2.4 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
28.6
Violent crimes
1.8
Burglaries
1.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 351,000
Owner-occupied
84%
Single-family homes
90%
Built after 2000
3%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 15%15–25 11%25–45 31%45–65 24%65+ 20%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
39%
Single-person households
32%
Residents per km²
6,185

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Waterwijk Midden calculated?

Waterwijk Midden scores 5.8 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Waterwijk Midden a safe neighbourhood?

Waterwijk Midden scores 3.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (28.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.