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neighbourhood in Bunschoten

Spakenburg

4,835 residents · postal code 3751 · Part of Wijk 00, Bunschoten

  • no. 5,307 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 9 of 10 in Bunschoten

Scores per pillar

Spakenburg stands out for its low safety score (4.4), unusual for a former fishing town in Bunschoten. Amenities (7.8) and housing (6.8) fare notably better. Three-quarters of homes are owner-occupied, and at an average €455,000 they sit above the national midpoint. With just over 26 crimes per thousand present, crime runs above the median of 24; the station is a distant ten kilometres off.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.5 km
General practitioner
1.3 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
1.1 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
10.1 km
Hospital
1.3 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
0.8 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
26.5
Violent crimes
2.4
Burglaries
0.6

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 455,000
Owner-occupied
75%
Single-family homes
68%
Built after 2000
32%
Income per resident
€ 36,000

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 12%25–45 26%45–65 26%65+ 21%
Average household size
2.2
Households with children
33%
Single-person households
34%
Residents per km²
4,467

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Spakenburg calculated?

Spakenburg scores 7.0 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Spakenburg a safe neighbourhood?

Spakenburg scores 4.4 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.