neighbourhood in Gorinchem

Haarwijk West

3,805 residents · postal code 4205 · Part of haarwijk, Gorinchem

Bottom 44% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Haarwijk West has the reach of a centre: supermarket, GP, school, restaurant and station are all within a kilometre and a half, most well inside it. A 9.6 for amenities is duly earned.

The wealth & income pillar points downwards almost everywhere. Almost half of households have a low income, the share of high incomes stays below the national figure, property value sits under the Dutch median and the number of social assistance claims per thousand residents is five times that of the average neighbourhood. Only vacancy is low. That yields a 3.8.

On safety it is not the total that matters — that sits only slightly above the Dutch median — but the distribution. Residential burglary occurs almost three times as often here as nationally and violence a good one and a half times, while theft stays below the middle. Because burglary and violence together determine most of that pillar, a 4.0 is what remains.

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no. 14 of 20 in Gorinchem

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Is Haarwijk West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haarwijk West comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

26.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

6.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 123 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

1.0 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 352,000

Welfare recipients

39.4 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

38%

Social housing

51%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

68%

Built after 2000

10%

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

6,227 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,160

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.2 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

36%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.4 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,227 — 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 Haarwijk West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Haarwijk West comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Haarwijk West?

In Haarwijk West the police recorded 123 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Haarwijk West calculated?

Haarwijk West scores 5.8 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 Haarwijk West 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.