neighbourhood in Dronten
Buitengebied Biddinghuizen
1,600 residents · postal code 8256 · Part of Biddinghuizen, Dronten
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
Open countryside with a 2.8 for safety is unusual, and the figures show why: the number of registrations here is more than twice the national median, with property crime at three times the Dutch level and violence at four times. With sixteen hundred residents these are real numbers, not noise.
The distances explain the rest. The GP and the primary school are more than six kilometres away, the station almost twelve; that pushes both amenities and families down to a 2.6. Against that stands a 7.8 for wealth & income, with a property value well above the national median and not a single social assistance claim — although vacancy here is four times the usual rate. And the space delivers what you would expect: little traffic noise and an 8.7 for quiet & nature.
- no. 12,816 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 36 of 37 in Dronten
How Buitengebied Biddinghuizen scores
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Is Buitengebied Biddinghuizen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitengebied Biddinghuizen comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Buitengebied Biddinghuizen 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, 194 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
Buitengebied Biddinghuizen has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
13 — 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 Buitengebied Biddinghuizen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Buitengebied Biddinghuizen comes out at 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Buitengebied Biddinghuizen 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 Buitengebied Biddinghuizen?
In Buitengebied Biddinghuizen the police recorded 194 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (61 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 Buitengebied Biddinghuizen calculated?
Buitengebied Biddinghuizen scores 2.6 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 Buitengebied Biddinghuizen 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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