neighbourhood in Duiven

Zuidwest

3,060 residents · postal code 6922 · Part of Duiven-Zuid, Duiven

Top 6% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Few people, plenty of space, few reported offences: Zuidwest comes out at a 9.7 for safety with all four types of offence well below the national median, and at an 8.3 for quiet & nature with plenty of greenery and a noise level far below the national middle.

The 8.5 for families fits the same picture: four in ten households have children and the primary school is within a kilometre. That is a score you do not have to explain away here.

Where the overall figure leaves points behind is wealth & income, at a 5.8, and that is not down to incomes — those are slightly more favourable than the national ones — but to property values below the national median and a social assistance rate more than twice the middle. Amenities lag at a 6.4, because almost everything here is just a little further off than around the corner.

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Is Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuidwest comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuidwest is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

12.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

4.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 38 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

1.0 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

6.6 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

2.6 km

Motorway ramp

2.8 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

€ 383,000

Welfare recipients

16.3 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

63%

Social housing

29%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

91%

Built after 2000

13%

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

1,864 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

62%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,147

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

0.7 km

Households with children

41%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6533%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,864 — 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 Zuidwest a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Zuidwest comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuidwest 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 Zuidwest?

In Zuidwest the police recorded 38 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Zuidwest calculated?

Zuidwest scores 9.6 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 Zuidwest 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.