neighbourhood in Middelburg (Z.)

Abdij

2,345 residents · postal code 4331 · Part of Binnenstad, Middelburg (Z.)

Top 38% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little to spend

Eleven percent vacancy — almost three times the national value — is the component deviating most sharply within the wealth & income pillar in the Abdij. Together with a property value below the median and an over-represented lowest income group that explains the 4.2, while the share of high incomes is in fact above the national level. There is no single clear picture here.

Among offences it is property crime that makes the total, at twice the national value. Violence is slightly above it, burglary and criminal damage below. For a city-centre neighbourhood with many visitors that is a recognisable pattern.

Striking is the quiet & nature score: 6.5 in a neighbourhood where more than five thousand people live on every square kilometre. The noise level is more than three decibels Lden below the median and there is more water than nationally. Almost two-thirds of households live alone.

no. 4,882 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 22 of 52 in Middelburg (Z.)

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Is Abdij a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Abdij comes out at 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

30.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.3 per 1,000

Property crime

18.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 114 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

0.6 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

1.2 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

0.5 km

Library

1.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 342,000

Welfare recipients

17.1 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

14%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

48%

Built after 2000

17%

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

5,588 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

36%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,856

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

16%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Abdij has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 21%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2521%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+27%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
63% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,588 — 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 Abdij a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Abdij comes out at 30 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 Abdij?

In Abdij the police recorded 114 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (30 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 Abdij calculated?

Abdij scores 7.2 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 Abdij 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.