neighbourhood in Dijk en Waard
Rivierenwijk
3,325 residents · postal code 1703 · Part of Rivierenwijk, Dijk en Waard
Good for children, with a safety question
For anyone without a car, Rivierenwijk in Dijk en Waard is well served: supermarket, GP and primary school are all within half a kilometre. Set against that is a 3.1 for safety, and that comes mainly from violence and vandalism — both well above the national middle, vandalism almost three times as high. Theft and burglary also stay above the median, so no type of offence clears this neighbourhood.
The noise level coincides exactly with the national median, which is striking given a building density among the highest in the country. Even so the quiet & nature pillar stalls at 5.1, because the neighbourhood has to make do with far less greenery than is usual nationally.
In the wealth & income pillar only vacancy comes out favourably; property value, the income distribution and the social assistance rate all three point the other way.
- no. 9,787 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 48 of 58 in Dijk en Waard
How Rivierenwijk scores
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Is Rivierenwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Rivierenwijk comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Rivierenwijk 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, 159 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
Rivierenwijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4532%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,973 — 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 Rivierenwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Rivierenwijk comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Rivierenwijk 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 Rivierenwijk?
In Rivierenwijk the police recorded 159 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Rivierenwijk calculated?
Rivierenwijk scores 4.4 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 Rivierenwijk 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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