neighbourhood in Altena
Uitwijk
280 residents · postal code 4288 · Part of Uitwijk, Altena
Well-off, and well out of town
Uitwijk has two hundred and eighty residents and a property value more than a fifth above the national median. That carries the 7.6 for wealth & income almost single-handedly; the income distribution barely deviates, social assistance does not appear in the figures and vacancy stays below the middle.
The 3.1 for amenities is the flip side, and it is concrete: the supermarket is nearly three kilometres away, the GP further still, the restaurant as far as the shop. The primary school too stands a kilometre and a half off, and that is where the 3.9 for families comes from — distance makes up the largest part of that pillar, and where childcare and secondary education lie we do not know. On safety, burglary runs at more than two and a half times the national figure while the other three categories stay below it; at these numbers that means a few cases.
- no. 10,716 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 49 of 58 in Altena
How Uitwijk scores
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Is Uitwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Uitwijk comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 6 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
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
Who lives here
The age profile of Uitwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,329 — 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 Uitwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Uitwijk comes out at 24 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Uitwijk?
In Uitwijk the police recorded 6 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Uitwijk calculated?
Uitwijk scores 3.9 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 Uitwijk 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Altena
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Altena.
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