neighbourhood in Alphen aan den Rijn
Europaplein
1,785 residents · postal code 2408 · Part of Kerk en Zanen, Alphen aan den Rijn
Everything close by, little space
Europaplein has everything to hand — supermarket, restaurant and station all within a kilometre, and that is immediately its strongest pillar — and little else. The overall score stays at a 3.1, with quiet & nature as the low point: a 2.7, with noise far above the national median, little greenery and no open water.
The 4.2 for wealth & income cannot be captured in one sentence. Social assistance runs at more than three times the national level and property value is far below the median, but the share of low incomes is in fact smaller than the national figure. People living alone form the majority and few children live here; with the primary school a good kilometre away, the families pillar comes out at a 4.4.
- no. 12,074 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 90 of 93 in Alphen aan den Rijn
How Europaplein scores
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Is Europaplein a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Europaplein comes out at 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Europaplein is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 118 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
Europaplein has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–159%
NL median 14%
- 15–257%
NL median 11%
- 25–4534%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,990 — 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 Europaplein a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Europaplein comes out at 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Europaplein is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Europaplein?
In Europaplein the police recorded 118 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (41 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 Europaplein calculated?
Europaplein scores 3.1 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 Europaplein 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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