neighbourhood in Alphen aan den Rijn
Van Boetzelaerstraat
2,970 residents · postal code 2406 · Part of Lage Zijde, Alphen aan den Rijn
Everything for children close by, and little room
A 9.4 for families and a 5.1 for safety in the same neighbourhood: Van Boetzelaerstraat shows that the two need not get in each other's way. The primary school is three hundred metres off, and the crime figure is almost double the national median, largely through property offences. Burglary is in fact far below the median and violence only just above it.
The wealth & income pillar reaches 6.8 and that does not come from the houses. Property value is slightly below the national median, but the top income group here is clearly larger than nationally and the bottom one smaller. That is the reverse of the usual pattern, in which property value carries the pillar.
Quiet & nature lags at 5.1. Greenery in the surrounding area is well below the national median, while noise and water barely differ.
- no. 2,160 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 28 of 93 in Alphen aan den Rijn
How Van Boetzelaerstraat scores
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Is Van Boetzelaerstraat a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Van Boetzelaerstraat comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Van Boetzelaerstraat 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, 194 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 Van Boetzelaerstraat looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,031 — 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 Van Boetzelaerstraat a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Van Boetzelaerstraat comes out at 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Van Boetzelaerstraat 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 Van Boetzelaerstraat?
In Van Boetzelaerstraat the police recorded 194 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (43 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 Van Boetzelaerstraat calculated?
Van Boetzelaerstraat scores 8.8 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 Van Boetzelaerstraat 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.
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