neighbourhood in Katwijk

Rijnsoever-Oost

2,170 residents · postal code 2221 · Part of Katwijk Noord, Katwijk

Top 31% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Almost every home in Rijnsoever-Oost is a single-family home and nearly half of households have children, but the daily destinations all sit just outside the shortest walk: supermarket, GP, school and restaurant are all four around thirteen hundred metres away, and the station almost seven kilometres. That pushes amenities down to 5.9 and holds families at 8.2 — higher than you would expect at such a school distance, because the share of households with children is well above the national picture.

The 8.8 for safety rests on criminal damage and theft staying well below the national middle; violence and burglary are below it too. All four types, then.

The 2.9 for quiet & nature is the figure that departs from everything around it. There is no water, the tree canopy does not reach two thirds of the national middle, the share of green space stays well under it and traffic noise runs four decibels above. Spacious in housing type is something other than green here.

no. 4,025 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 24 of 37 in Katwijk

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Is Rijnsoever-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Rijnsoever-Oost comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Rijnsoever-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

16.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

5.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.8 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

1.3 km

GP practice

1.3 km

Train station

6.7 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.0 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

€ 470,000

Welfare recipients

9.2 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

39%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

81%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

96%

Built after 2000

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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

4,062 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

42%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,011

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 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.

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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

1.2 km

Households with children

48%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Rijnsoever-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
48% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,062 — 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 Rijnsoever-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Rijnsoever-Oost?

In Rijnsoever-Oost the police recorded 37 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Rijnsoever-Oost calculated?

Rijnsoever-Oost 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 Rijnsoever-Oost 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.