neighbourhood in Capelle aan den IJssel
Dichtersbuurt
1,910 residents · postal code 2902 · Part of Middelwatering West, Capelle aan den IJssel
Everything close by, safety lags
A 2.8 for safety alongside a 6.8 for wealth & income is an unusual combination. The violence figure in the Dichtersbuurt is more than four times the national median, and violence carries the most weight within that pillar. Property crime comes on top of it, at more than double the national median.
On wealth & income the components do point the same way, but not the way the property value suggests: that is below the national median. The score comes from incomes — the highest group is broader here than average, the lowest narrower — and from the complete absence of social assistance payments.
The GP is three hundred metres away and the supermarket seven hundred; that is where the 7.9 for amenities comes from, and the railway station four kilometres off does little to change it. That is this neighbourhood's daily reality, next to a crime figure almost three times the national median.
- no. 8,532 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 49 of 66 in Capelle aan den IJssel
How Dichtersbuurt scores
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Is Dichtersbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dichtersbuurt comes out at 72 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Dichtersbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 202 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
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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
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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
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Who lives here
Dichtersbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4532%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,990 — 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 Dichtersbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dichtersbuurt comes out at 72 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Dichtersbuurt is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Dichtersbuurt?
In Dichtersbuurt the police recorded 202 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (72 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 Dichtersbuurt calculated?
Dichtersbuurt scores 5.1 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 Dichtersbuurt 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.
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