neighbourhood in Edam-Volendam

De Watering

1,960 residents · postal code 1474 · Part of Oosthuizen, Edam-Volendam

Top 27% in the Netherlands

Safe, but everything is a drive away

De Watering shows how little the housing stock says about wealth. Almost all homes are single-family houses and more than four in five are owner-occupied, yet property values sit exactly at the national median. That the pillar still reaches 6.8 comes from the income side: more high incomes than nationally, fewer low ones, and a social assistance rate only slightly above the middle.

On safety the picture is equally clear-cut: all four offence types stay below the national median, property crime at just over half of it. For a neighbourhood of almost two thousand residents that is a real difference.

The weakness lies in the distance to everything that is not daily. The railway station is almost ten kilometres away and a restaurant more than three, while supermarket, GP and primary school are all within eight hundred metres. Whoever lives here handles daily life on foot and the rest by car — and that is what the 5.3 for amenities compresses into one figure.

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Is De Watering a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Watering comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

18.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

5.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 40 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.

Supermarket

0.7 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

9.9 km

Restaurant

3.5 km

Hospital

10.0 km

Café

1.0 km

Library

8.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 420,000

Welfare recipients

10.2 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

82%

Social housing

16%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

96%

Built after 2000

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

3,297 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

65%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

465

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.3 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

0.6 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

7.9 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4522%
NL median 22%
45–6531%
NL median 28%
65+21%
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
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,297 — 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 De Watering a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, De Watering comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in De Watering?

In De Watering the police recorded 40 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 De Watering calculated?

De Watering scores 8.0 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 De Watering 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.