neighbourhood in Krimpenerwaard

Willige-Langerak

3,275 residents · postal code 2871 · Part of Schoonhoven, Krimpenerwaard

Top 6% in the Netherlands

School close by, shops further off

Willige-Langerak is among the highest in the country with an overall 9.6, resting on four strong pillars and one that lags. The amenities pillar comes out at 5.4 because the railway station is fourteen kilometres away and the GP two kilometres.

The safety figures are low right across the board: violence, burglary, theft and vandalism all four sit below the national median, theft at around a third of it.

The wealth & income pillar reaches 8.1 on a property value well above the national middle, a broad top income group and little vacancy; only the social assistance rate is above the median. A fifth of the surface is water, which explains the quiet & nature score of 6.8 despite building that is not sparse — the pillar counts water as heavily as greenery and noise.

no. 709 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 65 in Krimpenerwaard

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Is Willige-Langerak a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Willige-Langerak comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Willige-Langerak 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.

Total crime

12.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

2.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 45 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

1.0 km

GP practice

2.0 km

Train station

14.3 km

Restaurant

1.3 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 505,000

Welfare recipients

12.2 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

78%

Social housing

19%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

Built after 2000

61%

Tick = Dutch median

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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

3,205 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

Water share

20%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

781

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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.

Tick = Dutch median

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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

0.7 km

Households with children

49%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

22%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Willige-Langerak has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1522%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6529%
NL median 28%
65+12%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
49% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,205 — 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 Willige-Langerak a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Willige-Langerak?

In Willige-Langerak the police recorded 45 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 Willige-Langerak calculated?

Willige-Langerak 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 Willige-Langerak 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.