neighbourhood in Gouda

Oosterwei

1,730 residents · postal code 2806 · Part of Kort Haarlem, Gouda

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Oosterwei shows how far apart two pillars can lie in the same streets: an 8.0 for quiet & nature next to a 4.6 for safety. The first comes from plenty of greenery within three hundred metres, water and a noise level below the national median; the second almost entirely from violence, which is more than three times the median.

Those are two separate measurements: crime is not part of the quiet & nature pillar, and the sense of safety a still street gives is not something this model measures.

Wealth & income lands on a 3.0 and everything points the same way — property value far below the median, almost half of households in the lowest income group, and seven times as many social assistance payments as nationally. Families, by contrast, stands well at a 9.1, with the primary school six hundred metres away and a population of which fewer than a tenth are 65 or older.

no. 6,095 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 46 in Gouda

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Is Oosterwei a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oosterwei comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

33.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

7.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

11.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 76 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

0.9 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

1.7 km

Hospital

2.7 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

0.4 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

€ 270,000

Welfare recipients

57.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

36%

Social housing

52%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

14%

Built after 2000

24%

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

6,298 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

58%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,426

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 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

35%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

0.7 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oosterwei has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4537%
NL median 22%
45–6522%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,298 — 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 Oosterwei a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oosterwei comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Oosterwei?

In Oosterwei the police recorded 76 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Oosterwei calculated?

Oosterwei 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 Oosterwei 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.