neighbourhood in Alphen-Chaam

Strijbeek

335 residents · postal code 4856 · Part of Strijbeek, Alphen-Chaam

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children

With a 9.9 for quiet & nature, Strijbeek is among the very quietest neighbourhoods in the country: barely any noise, plenty of greenery and a tree canopy well above the national middle, in an area with a few dozen residents per square kilometre.

That setting comes at a price. Amenities and families both stall at a 2.8, and it is the same cause in two guises: everything is far away. The primary school is almost three kilometres off, the supermarket and the GP further still. For anyone taking children to school that means a daily drive.

The crime figure calls for restraint. It is above the national median, but in a neighbourhood this small a couple of reports already move it. What can be read from it: burglary is reported more often here than nationally, while theft and vandalism stay below and violence lands exactly on the middle.

Property values are well above the national median and there is no social assistance; only vacancy is higher than average.

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Is Strijbeek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Strijbeek comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.

Total crime

29.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

7.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 17 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

3.6 km

GP practice

4.5 km

Train station

11.2 km

Restaurant

1.4 km

Hospital

9.3 km

Café

4.6 km

Library

7.1 km

Motorway ramp

3.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 604,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

82%

Social housing

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

96%

Built after 2000

12%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

36 inw/km²

Noise level

42 dB

Green surroundings

71%

Trees nearby

19%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 µg/m³

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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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

2.9 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

2.9 km

Secondary school

7.7 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Strijbeek has strikingly few children under 15: 9%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–159%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4517%
NL median 22%
45–6537%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
23% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
36 — far less 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 Strijbeek a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Strijbeek comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Strijbeek?

In Strijbeek the police recorded 17 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Strijbeek calculated?

Strijbeek scores 4.8 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 Strijbeek 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.