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neighbourhood in Alphen aan den Rijn

Snijdelwijk

1,855 residents · postal code 2771 · Part of Boskoop, Alphen aan den Rijn

  • no. 7,566 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 70 of 93 in Alphen aan den Rijn

Scores per pillar

The Snijdelwijk is the south side of the tree-nursery village of Boskoop, with Snijdelwijk station just over a kilometre away and the supermarket at 400 metres. Safety, at 9.5 — position 868 nationally — belongs to the top tier. The neighbourhood is six-tenths rental, keeping housing at 4.7. Overall: 5.7.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
1.9 km
Primary school
0.8 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
1.2 km
Hospital
9.4 km
Restaurant
1.0 km
Café
2.5 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
16.3
Violent crimes
0.7
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 345,000
Owner-occupied
41%
Single-family homes
77%
Built after 2000
2%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 14%25–45 24%45–65 25%65+ 20%
Average household size
2.5
Households with children
42%
Single-person households
28%
Residents per km²
5,689

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Snijdelwijk calculated?

Snijdelwijk scores 5.7 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 Snijdelwijk a safe neighbourhood?

Snijdelwijk scores 9.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (16.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.