neighbourhood in Alphen aan den Rijn
Zonneveld
2,290 residents · postal code 2394 · Part of Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, Alphen aan den Rijn
Everything for children close by, and little room
The primary school stands three hundred metres from the homes in Zonneveld, and that is the main reason for the 9.6 for families — school distance sets almost a third of that pillar. Four in ten households here have children, so the score is backed in substance too.
The safety pillar stands at 9.4, with violence, burglary and property crime well below the national middle; only vandalism is slightly above. What tempers the overall score is the wealth & income pillar, and it is instructive: the income distribution sits close to the national picture and vacancy far below it, but the rate of social assistance is more than twice the national level and property values stay under the median. Of all five figures, quiet & nature is the only one dropping below five, and noise is the cause.
- no. 806 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 12 of 93 in Alphen aan den Rijn
How Zonneveld scores
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Is Zonneveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zonneveld comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zonneveld is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 36 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 Zonneveld looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,818 — 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 Zonneveld a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zonneveld comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zonneveld is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Zonneveld?
In Zonneveld the police recorded 36 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Zonneveld calculated?
Zonneveld scores 9.5 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 Zonneveld 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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