neighbourhood in Dijk en Waard
Recreatiebuurt
2,210 residents · postal code 1702 · Part of Bomen- Recreatiewijk, Dijk en Waard
Everything close by, safety lags
Recreatiebuurt has an ageing population — a third of residents are over 65 — and still scores 7.1 for families. That figure mainly measures the distance to school and childcare, not how many children live there. The primary school is around the corner, and that is where the score comes from.
The 3.6 for safety has no single culprit. Violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit above the national middle, so no category of offence pulls the figure down on its own. That is more awkward than one outlier: a single problem can be tackled, a broadly raised level cannot.
What stands out is what the quiet & nature pillar does here in a neighbourhood with almost three thousand residents per square kilometre. It is measurably quieter than the average Dutch neighbourhood and the tree canopy is well above the median — greenery you would not guess from the built-up area.
- no. 6,299 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 58 in Dijk en Waard
How Recreatiebuurt scores
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Is Recreatiebuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Recreatiebuurt comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 88 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
Recreatiebuurt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+33%
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
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,859 — 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 Recreatiebuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Recreatiebuurt comes out at 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Recreatiebuurt?
In Recreatiebuurt the police recorded 88 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (31 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 Recreatiebuurt calculated?
Recreatiebuurt scores 6.4 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 Recreatiebuurt 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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