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neighbourhood in Katwijk

Rijnsoever-West

1,890 residents · postal code 2221 · Part of Katwijk Noord, Katwijk

  • no. 4,225 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 19 of 37 in Katwijk

Scores per pillar

Rijnsoever-West in northern Katwijk is a quiet, safe residential district: an 8.6 for safety and crime at thirteen per 1,000 people present, well below the middle. Amenities follow at 8.0 and housing at 7.3. Three-quarters are owner-occupied, eighty percent are single-family homes, and three in ten residents are over 65. The average value of €461,000 sits above the median, while social cohesion is the weakest at 4.5.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.3 km
Secondary school
0.8 km
Childcare
1.0 km
Train station
7.9 km
Hospital
2.1 km
Restaurant
0.9 km
Café
1.3 km
Library
1.1 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
12.8
Violent crimes
1.8
Burglaries
0.2

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 461,000
Owner-occupied
74%
Single-family homes
80%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 11%25–45 21%45–65 21%65+ 30%
Average household size
2.5
Households with children
38%
Single-person households
25%
Residents per km²
6,636

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Rijnsoever-West calculated?

Rijnsoever-West scores 7.6 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Rijnsoever-West a safe neighbourhood?

Rijnsoever-West scores 8.6 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (12.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.