neighbourhood in Barendrecht

Paddewei

2,185 residents · postal code 2992 · Part of Paddewei, Barendrecht

Top 20% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Paddewei is among the two hundred and fifty highest-scoring neighbourhoods in the country for families, and that 9.9 is not built from one side: the primary school is four hundred metres away and more households have children than nationally. Both sides of the pillar contribute.

The wealth & income pillar lags far behind. The social assistance rate here is more than three times the Dutch middle and the lowest income group is broader than nationally, while property value and high income stay close to the median. So the 4.7 comes mainly from one side of the distribution.

Among the offences only vandalism stands out, at almost twice the national level; violence sits well below it. That is visible nuisance in an otherwise calm neighbourhood, and it explains why the safety score comes out no higher than 6.9.

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no. 13 of 44 in Barendrecht

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Is Paddewei a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Paddewei comes out at 23 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.

Total crime

23.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.1 per 1,000

Property crime

7.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 59 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

0.6 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 377,000

Welfare recipients

27.5 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

Built after 2000

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

6,750 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

38%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,246

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.9 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

0.4 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.2 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Paddewei has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,750 — 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 Paddewei a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Paddewei comes out at 23 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 Paddewei?

In Paddewei the police recorded 59 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Paddewei calculated?

Paddewei scores 8.5 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 Paddewei 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.