neighbourhood in Dijk en Waard
Sint-Pancras kern
4,085 residents · postal code 1834 · Part of Sint-Pancras, Dijk en Waard
Safe, and nowhere really weak
The income distribution in Sint-Pancras kern sits almost exactly on the Dutch middle, at both the top and the bottom. That makes the 6.5 for wealth & income almost entirely a story about property value, which is fifty thousand euros above the national median.
Violence here comes out at a quarter of the national median and burglary at less than half; only vandalism edges above it. Because violence and burglary together set almost sixty per cent of the safety pillar, that yields a 9.1.
The families pillar reaches an 8.6 with a primary school four hundred metres away, and that in a place where more than a quarter of residents are 65 or older. So the score here says more about location than about who lives there.
- no. 877 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 58 in Dijk en Waard
How Sint-Pancras kern scores
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Is Sint-Pancras kern a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sint-Pancras kern comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Sint-Pancras kern 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, 86 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
Sint-Pancras kern has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+28%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,009 — 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 Sint-Pancras kern a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sint-Pancras kern comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Sint-Pancras kern 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 Sint-Pancras kern?
In Sint-Pancras kern the police recorded 86 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Sint-Pancras kern calculated?
Sint-Pancras kern scores 9.5 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 Sint-Pancras kern 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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