neighbourhood in Lelystad

Lelystad-Haven West

1,305 residents · postal code 8244 · Part of Lelystad-Haven, Lelystad

Top 47% in the Netherlands

Safe, but few children

In Lelystad-Haven West the GP and the restaurant are seven hundred metres away, but the supermarket is almost four kilometres off. That lopsided spread is why the amenities pillar does not rise above 5.1 even though two of the four measured distances are short — the supermarket weighs heaviest in that pillar.

Safety stands markedly well at 9.5: all four recorded offence types are below the national median, property crime at a third of it.

The 4.6 for quiet & nature comes from an unexpected direction. Noise levels are below the median and a fifth of the surface consists of water, but greenery and tree canopy both fall far short — the latter at less than half the national share.

no. 6,072 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 41 of 87 in Lelystad

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Is Lelystad-Haven West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lelystad-Haven West comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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Safety

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

Total crime

18.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.5 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.2 per 1,000

Property crime

2.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 27 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

3.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

5.2 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

5.4 km

Café

5.3 km

Library

4.8 km

Motorway ramp

0.7 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

€ 393,000

Welfare recipients

7.7 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

87%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

93%

Built after 2000

20%

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

4,743 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

21%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

516

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.4 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

1.1 km

Households with children

31%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

5.3 km

Residents under 15

11%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Lelystad-Haven West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1511%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6534%
NL median 28%
65+20%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,743 — 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 Lelystad-Haven West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Lelystad-Haven West comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Lelystad-Haven West?

In Lelystad-Haven West the police recorded 27 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Lelystad-Haven West calculated?

Lelystad-Haven West scores 6.5 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 Lelystad-Haven West 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.