neighbourhood in Dijk en Waard

Edelstenenwijk

3,405 residents · postal code 1703 · Part of Edelstenenwijk, Dijk en Waard

Top 24% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Almost the entire housing stock of Edelstenenwijk consists of single-family homes and vacancy, at one per cent, is a quarter of the national median. Combined with a primary school four hundred metres away, that yields a 9.6 for families.

Quiet & nature is the weakest of the five and that comes from density and greenery rather than noise: noise levels sit close to the Dutch middle, while the share of greenery within three hundred metres falls well below it. Tree canopy is actually slightly above the national norm.

At 5.8, wealth & income is the most mixed figure. Property values below the Dutch median, the share of low incomes just under it, the social assistance rate just above and an exceptionally low vacancy rate. This is not a neighbourhood with a problem, but it is one where the bricks are worth less than the national average.

no. 3,061 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 58 in Dijk en Waard

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Is Edelstenenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Edelstenenwijk comes out at 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

21.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 89 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

1.1 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

2.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 360,000

Welfare recipients

8.8 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

37%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

84%

Social housing

11%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

99%

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

5,974 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,119

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

41%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Edelstenenwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
24% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,974 — 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 Edelstenenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Edelstenenwijk comes out at 22 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 Edelstenenwijk?

In Edelstenenwijk the police recorded 89 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (22 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 Edelstenenwijk calculated?

Edelstenenwijk scores 8.2 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 Edelstenenwijk 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.