neighbourhood in Haarlemmermeer
Oude Meer
160 residents · postal code 1438 · Part of Aalsmeerderbrug/ Oude Meer/ Rozenburg / Schiphol Rijk, Haarlemmermeer
Safe, but few children
Traffic noise in Oude Meer is thirteen decibels above the national median, by far the worst of the five quiet & nature components — and yet the pillar still comes out at 5.3, because greenery, water and the very low building density pull the other way. One bad component rarely determines a pillar on its own.
The 2.6 for families, though, is unambiguous. The primary school is almost five kilometres away and barely one in twenty residents is under fifteen. For households with school-age children, this neighbourhood costs travelling time every day.
Safety compares favourably: all four offence types are below the national middle. With one hundred and sixty residents these are very small numbers, though — a single reported offence shifts such a figure noticeably.
- no. 11,328 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 78 of 93 in Haarlemmermeer
This neighbourhood has few residents; figures are indicative.
How Oude Meer scores
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Is Oude Meer a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oude Meer comes out at 23 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.
In 2025, 10 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
Oude Meer has strikingly few children under 15: 5%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–155%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6542%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
187 — far less 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 Oude Meer a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oude Meer comes out at 23 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 Oude Meer?
In Oude Meer the police recorded 10 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Oude Meer calculated?
Oude Meer scores 3.5 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 Oude Meer 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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