neighbourhood in Kaag en Braassem
Oude Wetering
2,825 residents · postal code 2377 · Part of Roelofarendsveen, Kaag en Braassem
Safe, but few children
With a 10.0, Oude Wetering ranks among the fifty safest neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, and that figure is no accident: all four offence types stay far below the national median, burglary at a mere fraction of it. A quarter of the surface is water, which counts within the quiet & nature score but leaves it stuck at a 5.2 because greenery and tree canopy in the surroundings both lag behind.
The 4.7 for families is the most striking number here, and distance does matter: the primary school is just over a kilometre away, and school and childcare distance together make up nearly two thirds of that pillar. On top of that, no more children live here than is usual nationally. Amenities come out at a 4.8, with supermarket and GP over a kilometre away and the station at seven. What Oude Wetering offers is safety and space; what it asks is that you bridge every distance yourself.
- no. 4,084 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 6 of 25 in Kaag en Braassem
How Oude Wetering scores
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Is Oude Wetering a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oude Wetering comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oude Wetering 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, 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 Oude Wetering looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6532%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,810 — 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 Oude Wetering a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Oude Wetering comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oude Wetering 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 Oude Wetering?
In Oude Wetering the police recorded 42 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 Oude Wetering calculated?
Oude Wetering scores 7.7 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 Wetering 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 Kaag en Braassem.
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