neighbourhood in Krimpenerwaard
Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
4,215 residents · postal code 2935 · Part of Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Krimpenerwaard
Safe streets, thinner wallets
The noise level in Ouderkerk aan den IJssel is a good three decibels below the national median, there is plenty of greenery and more than a tenth of the surface is water. That yields a 7.9 for quiet & nature, despite a tree canopy that stays far below the national median — in this pillar all components carry equal weight, so one weak point does not count double.
Amenities reach an 8.2 while the railway station is almost eleven kilometres away. That figure therefore comes entirely from the everyday distances, all of which fall within six hundred metres here.
With the offences only vandalism is above the national median; burglary sits exactly on it and violence and theft stay below. The 8.7 for safety is therefore not an average of extremes but a flat picture.
- no. 1,127 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 4 of 65 in Krimpenerwaard
How Ouderkerk aan den IJssel scores
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Is Ouderkerk aan den IJssel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ouderkerk aan den IJssel 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, 68 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
Ouderkerk aan den IJssel has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,873 — 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 Ouderkerk aan den IJssel a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Ouderkerk aan den IJssel 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 Ouderkerk aan den IJssel?
In Ouderkerk aan den IJssel the police recorded 68 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 Ouderkerk aan den IJssel calculated?
Ouderkerk aan den IJssel scores 9.4 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 Ouderkerk aan den IJssel 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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