neighbourhood in Lelystad

Jol

2,295 residents · postal code 8243 · Part of Kustwijk, Lelystad

Bottom 47% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Violence in Jol is recorded more than two and a half times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and that is the heaviest reason for the 4.0 for safety. Burglary, by contrast, sits at a fraction of the median here — a ratio you rarely see so lopsided.

The quiet & nature pillar reaches 7.8, resting on everything at once: greenery above the national middle, tree canopy well above it, noise below it and part of the surface water. That makes this a neighbourhood where the outdoors is pleasant and the offence figures do not reflect it. The wealth & income pillar meanwhile hangs at 3.4, mainly through a rate of social assistance more than six times the national figure.

no. 6,958 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 44 of 87 in Lelystad

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Is Jol a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Jol comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Jol is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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

36.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

11.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 112 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

2.7 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

2.8 km

Library

2.3 km

Motorway ramp

2.5 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

€ 322,000

Welfare recipients

47.9 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

48%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

89%

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

5,277 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,396

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.7 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

0.5 km

Households with children

39%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.0 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Jol has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,277 — 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 Jol a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Jol comes out at 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Jol is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Jol?

In Jol the police recorded 112 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (36 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 Jol calculated?

Jol scores 6.0 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 Jol 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.