neighbourhood in Drechterland

Westwoud

1,385 residents · postal code 1617 · Part of Westwoud, Drechterland

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

Westwoud is thinly built up, and that shows in its greenery: nearly four fifths of the surroundings within three hundred metres counts as green, far above the national median. Even so, quiet & nature stalls at a 6.6, because there are hardly any trees — canopy cover is roughly a third of the national level. Pasture is green and gives no shade; the measurement knows the difference.

The price of that space sits in the amenities pillar: a 5.0, with the GP more than three kilometres away and the supermarket at two. Only a restaurant is around the corner, and that carries little weight.

Safety is the strongest of the five scores. None of the offence types comes out above the national median; residential burglary sits exactly on it. With almost fourteen hundred residents the counts are limited, but the picture is the same right across.

no. 6,055 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 13 of 24 in Drechterland

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Is Westwoud a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westwoud comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westwoud 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.

Total crime

16.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.6 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 22 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

2.2 km

GP practice

3.2 km

Train station

4.1 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

8.5 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

3.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 391,000

Welfare recipients

7.2 per 1,000

High incomes

17%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

24%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

97%

Built after 2000

19%

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

541 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

79%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

209

Fine particles (PM2.5)

6.9 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

1.0 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

6.2 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+22%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
541 — far less 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 Westwoud a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westwoud comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westwoud 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 Westwoud?

In Westwoud the police recorded 22 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Westwoud calculated?

Westwoud scores 6.5 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 Westwoud 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.