neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer
Badhoevedorp Noordwest
2,985 residents · postal code 1171 · Part of Badhoevedorp, Haarlemmermeer
Safe, but not spacious
The quiet & nature pillar of Badhoevedorp Noordwest comes out at 3.1, and that is not the noise: it is below the national median here. What brings the pillar down is greenery. In the immediate surroundings the green share is two thirds of the national median, the tree canopy stays below it and there is no water at all, and all that with almost eight thousand residents to the square kilometre.
On safety the picture is favourable the other way round: violence, property crime and vandalism are all three below the national median, and only burglary is slightly above. That produces an 8.0.
Wealth & income stays mid-table at 5.6 despite a property value above the national level. The reason is the rate of social assistance, almost three times the national level, while the income distribution barely differs from the national one.
- no. 6,254 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 44 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer
How Badhoevedorp Noordwest scores
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Is Badhoevedorp Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Badhoevedorp Noordwest comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Badhoevedorp Noordwest is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 59 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 Badhoevedorp Noordwest looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,726 — 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 Badhoevedorp Noordwest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Badhoevedorp Noordwest comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Badhoevedorp Noordwest 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 Badhoevedorp Noordwest?
In Badhoevedorp Noordwest the police recorded 59 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 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 Badhoevedorp Noordwest calculated?
Badhoevedorp Noordwest scores 6.4 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 Badhoevedorp Noordwest 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Haarlemmermeer.
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