neighbourhood in Gouda
Slagenbuurt
2,180 residents · postal code 2805 · Part of Noord, Gouda
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
No single figure in Slagenbuurt stands out, and that is precisely what produces the 8.5. All five pillars sit between 5.8 and 8.3, which is rarer than it sounds: the overall score rewards a neighbourhood without a hole in it, and this is one.
The 6.8 for quiet & nature comes not from emptiness but from water and trees. The share of water is more than ten times the national middle and the tree canopy is thicker than usual, while over seven thousand people live here per square kilometre. Greenery and density pull against each other, and the outcome stays on the good side.
The 6.7 for safety is a surprise given a crime total a third below the national median. The explanation lies in the type of reported offence: theft and criminal damage are low, but violence and burglary are both above the median, and those two together carry almost sixty per cent of the pillar. Few registrations is not the same as a favourable profile.
Wealth & income lags on the social assistance figures, not on incomes: those sit on or just above the national picture.
- no. 2,619 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 15 of 46 in Gouda
How Slagenbuurt scores
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Is Slagenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Slagenbuurt comes out at 17 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.
In 2025, 42 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
The age profile of Slagenbuurt looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,541 — 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 Slagenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Slagenbuurt comes out at 17 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 Slagenbuurt?
In Slagenbuurt the police recorded 42 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Slagenbuurt calculated?
Slagenbuurt scores 8.5 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 Slagenbuurt 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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