neighbourhood in Hoeksche Waard

Westmaas Woonkern

1,980 residents · postal code 3273 · Part of Westmaas, Hoeksche Waard

Top 21% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

Westmaas Woonkern does nothing spectacular and reaches 8.5 precisely because of it: not one pillar falls through the ice. The lowest score is the 5.8 for wealth & income, and that is an ambiguous number — the share of high incomes is above the national median and the share of low incomes below it, while property value lags and the social assistance rate is slightly higher than nationally.

The safety picture is clearer: violence, property crime and total reported offences are all below the national median, with only burglary and vandalism slightly above.

What you give up here is the railway. The nearest station is a good twelve kilometres away, while supermarket, GP and school are all within five hundred metres. For anyone travelling by car that falls away; for anyone commuting by train it is the difference between yes and no.

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no. 7 of 39 in Hoeksche Waard

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Is Westmaas Woonkern a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Westmaas Woonkern comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westmaas Woonkern 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.

Total crime

16.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

4.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 37 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

0.4 km

Train station

12.4 km

Restaurant

1.8 km

Hospital

9.0 km

Café

3.5 km

Library

0.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 385,000

Welfare recipients

10.1 per 1,000

High incomes

24%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

Built after 2000

16%

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

3,251 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

Water share

15%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

399

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

4.8 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Westmaas Woonkern looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,251 — 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 Westmaas Woonkern a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Westmaas Woonkern?

In Westmaas Woonkern the police recorded 37 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 Westmaas Woonkern calculated?

Westmaas Woonkern 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 Westmaas Woonkern 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.