neighbourhood in De Ronde Venen
Baambrugge Dorp
1,070 residents · postal code 1396 · Part of Baambrugge, De Ronde Venen
Everything for children close by, and nowhere weak
Baambrugge Dorp ranks in the top two hundred and fifty of all Dutch neighbourhoods, and not because one pillar stands out. Its lowest figure is 6.8 for quiet & nature; every other pillar sits between 7.7 and 9.4. That flat profile is rare, because most neighbourhoods pay for a high score on one pillar with a low score on another.
The explanation lies in how the village is laid out. Supermarket, GP, primary school and restaurant are all within three hundred metres, while more than eighty per cent of the immediate surroundings is green. Proximity without the density of a city.
That the quiet & nature pillar lags belongs to that same compact core: noise levels are above the national median and there is little water in the neighbourhood.
- no. 212 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 24 in De Ronde Venen
How Baambrugge Dorp scores
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Is Baambrugge Dorp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Baambrugge Dorp comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Baambrugge Dorp is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 14 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
Baambrugge Dorp has strikingly many children under 15: 21%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,350 — 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 Baambrugge Dorp a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Baambrugge Dorp comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Baambrugge Dorp is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Baambrugge Dorp?
In Baambrugge Dorp the police recorded 14 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Baambrugge Dorp calculated?
Baambrugge Dorp scores 9.9 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 Baambrugge Dorp 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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