neighbourhood in Alphen aan den Rijn
Edelstenenbuurt
2,725 residents · postal code 2403 · Part of Zegersloot, Alphen aan den Rijn
Everything close by, little space
The overall offence rate in the Edelstenenbuurt is below the national median, and yet safety gets no further than a 5.6. That is down to the burglaries, which here reach almost double the national level and count heavily within the pillar. Violence and vandalism are barely above it, theft below it.
The wealth pillar shows one favourable outlier among four unfavourable ones: vacancy is low. Against that stand a property value far below the national median, few households on a high income, many on a low one, and a social assistance rate amounting to a multiple of the national figure.
With more than eleven thousand residents per square kilometre, greenery within three hundred metres well below the national level and noise above it, the 3.0 for quiet and nature fits. The primary school is within a kilometre, and that carries the 7.1 for families.
- no. 10,886 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 86 of 93 in Alphen aan den Rijn
How Edelstenenbuurt scores
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Is Edelstenenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Edelstenenbuurt comes out at 21 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, 68 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
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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
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Who lives here
The age profile of Edelstenenbuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
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
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,023 — 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 Edelstenenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Edelstenenbuurt comes out at 21 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 Edelstenenbuurt?
In Edelstenenbuurt the police recorded 68 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Edelstenenbuurt calculated?
Edelstenenbuurt scores 3.8 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 Edelstenenbuurt 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 Alphen aan den Rijn
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Alphen aan den Rijn.
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