neighbourhood in Hoeksche Waard
Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk
4,770 residents · postal code 3261 · Part of Oud-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard
Safe, but not spacious
In Poortwijk every component of the wealth & income pillar points the same way: the property value is above the national median, the share of households in the top income group well above it, the lowest income group and social assistance below it, and vacancy is negligible. An 8.2, then, that rests not on one measurement but on five.
Crime figures are below the national median on all four types, which yields a 9.5. What tempers the picture is the distance to schooling: the primary school is a kilometre and a half away, and because school and childcare distance together drive nearly two thirds of the families pillar, that one stays at 7.0 — in a place where more than four in ten households have children. The supermarket and the restaurant are also a kilometre or more away. This is somewhere you take the car or the bike for almost everything.
- no. 1,904 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 39 in Hoeksche Waard
How Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk scores
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Is Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk 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, 85 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 Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,713 — 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 Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk 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 Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk?
In Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk the police recorded 85 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk calculated?
Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk scores 8.9 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 Oud-Beijerland Poortwijk 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hoeksche Waard
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hoeksche Waard.
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