neighbourhood in Lelystad

Botter Oost

1,255 residents · postal code 8232 · Part of Havendiep, Lelystad

Bottom 6% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Botter Oost rises no higher than 7.1 on any pillar, and on two of them it sinks deep. All four recorded offence types are above the national median — no single type explains the 3.0 for safety on its own.

The wealth pillar is equally unambiguous. More than half of households are on a low income, the share on a high income is half the national figure, the rate of social assistance is five times the median and property values far below it. Only vacancy is low.

The families score of 6.8 is this neighbourhood's most favourable figure, and it comes not from school distance but from who lives here: almost four in ten households have children and the share of children is above the national picture.

no. 12,334 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 80 of 87 in Lelystad

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Is Botter Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Botter Oost comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

32.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

4.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.6 per 1,000

Property crime

12.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 53 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

1.2 km

GP practice

1.6 km

Train station

1.1 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

1.3 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

4.2 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

€ 294,000

Welfare recipients

39.8 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

52%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

45%

Social housing

52%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

82%

Built after 2000

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

4,678 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,126

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.5 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

1.3 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

18%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Botter Oost has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,678 — 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 Botter Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Botter Oost comes out at 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Botter Oost?

In Botter Oost the police recorded 53 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (33 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 Botter Oost calculated?

Botter Oost scores 2.9 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 Botter 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.