neighbourhood in Altena

Buitengebied Sleeuwijk

345 residents · postal code 4254 · Part of Sleeuwijk, Altena

Bottom 46% in the Netherlands

Well-off, and well out of town

Buitengebied Sleeuwijk scores 9.1 for wealth & income, and not on one favourable figure: property value is more than a third above the median, more households than nationally are in the top income group and fewer in the bottom, and social assistance does not appear in the figures. Only vacancy sits above the national middle.

The crime figure here is above the median, but none of the four categories explains it: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism together account for under forty per cent of the total, and three of them stay below the national level. The rest sits in categories the breakdown does not show. In a neighbourhood of fewer than three hundred and fifty residents in near-empty countryside — fifty-five residents per square kilometre — these are very small numbers besides. The primary school is more than two kilometres away, which puts the families pillar at 4.2.

no. 7,171 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 29 of 58 in Altena

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Is Buitengebied Sleeuwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buitengebied Sleeuwijk 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

29.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 16 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

2.1 km

GP practice

2.4 km

Train station

9.9 km

Restaurant

1.9 km

Hospital

11.0 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

6.9 km

Motorway ramp

3.9 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

€ 581,000

Welfare recipients

0.0 per 1,000

High incomes

28%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

86%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

99%

Built after 2000

16%

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

55 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

17%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

103

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

2.2 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

2.2 km

Secondary school

3.6 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Buitengebied Sleeuwijk has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4518%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
55 — 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 Buitengebied Sleeuwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Buitengebied Sleeuwijk 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 Buitengebied Sleeuwijk?

In Buitengebied Sleeuwijk the police recorded 16 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 Buitengebied Sleeuwijk calculated?

Buitengebied Sleeuwijk scores 5.9 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 Buitengebied Sleeuwijk 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.