neighbourhood in De Ronde Venen
Abcoude-Zuidwest
4,560 residents · postal code 1391 · Part of Abcoude, De Ronde Venen
Well-off, but not spacious
A 9.6 for wealth & income is a score whose every component points the same way: property value far above the national median, more than twice as many top incomes as usual, few low ones, hardly any social assistance and little vacancy. Abcoude-Zuidwest is prosperous on all sides.
That is exactly what makes the 5.6 for safety interesting. Violence is rare here, but burglary occurs almost three times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and theft and vandalism are above the median too. After violence, burglary is the heaviest item in that pillar, and it drags the score down single-handedly.
The families pillar stands at 9.2, with the primary school around the corner and almost half of households having children. What the neighbourhood loses on quiet & nature is density and canopy; the railway station, by contrast, is one and a half kilometres away, close for a place of this size.
- no. 1,265 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 24 in De Ronde Venen
How Abcoude-Zuidwest scores
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Is Abcoude-Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Abcoude-Zuidwest 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.
In 2025, 151 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
Abcoude-Zuidwest has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1522%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
48% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,896 — 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 Abcoude-Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Abcoude-Zuidwest 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 Abcoude-Zuidwest?
In Abcoude-Zuidwest the police recorded 151 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 Abcoude-Zuidwest calculated?
Abcoude-Zuidwest scores 9.3 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 Abcoude-Zuidwest 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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