neighbourhood in Kaag en Braassem
Verspreide huizen West
1,735 residents · postal code 2451 · Part of Leimuiden, Kaag en Braassem
Safe, but few children
The safety pillar in Verspreide huizen West stands at 10.0, and that is not the effect of a single category: violence, burglary, property crime and vandalism all four sit below the national median. Neighbourhoods like this are rare; usually at least one type of reported offence pulls the figure down.
Greenery around the homes is well above the national median, while the tree canopy falls far short of it. That is the picture of open land rather than woodland or avenue planting: plenty of view, little shade, and a quiet & nature score that stays below what the share of greenery would suggest.
The primary school is less than a kilometre away, so the 5.3 for families does not come from distance. The share of residents under fifteen is small and a quarter are 65 or older. Anyone moving here with young children will find the school close by and playmates further off.
- no. 762 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 25 in Kaag en Braassem
How Verspreide huizen West scores
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Is Verspreide huizen West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Verspreide huizen West comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Verspreide huizen West 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, 19 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
Verspreide huizen West has strikingly few young people aged 15 to 25: 8%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
766 — 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 Verspreide huizen West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Verspreide huizen West comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Verspreide huizen West 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 Verspreide huizen West?
In Verspreide huizen West the police recorded 19 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Verspreide huizen West calculated?
Verspreide huizen West scores 9.6 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 Verspreide huizen West 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 Kaag en Braassem
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Kaag en Braassem.
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