neighbourhood in Middelburg (Z.)

Dauwendaele I

3,155 residents · postal code 4337 · Part of Dauwendaele, Middelburg (Z.)

Bottom 24% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Violence and vandalism in Dauwendaele I both sit well above the national middle, while property crime stays far below it. That is the reverse of the order you would expect in an urban area with this crime total, and it pushes the safety pillar down to a 3.6 because violence counts for the most.

The wealth & income column leaves no room for nuance. Property value is half the national median, high incomes are scarce, more than half of households fall in the low-income group and the rate of social assistance is over twelve times the national level. Only vacancy is low.

Against that stands a 9.4 for families, and that comes from the map: the primary school is four hundred metres away, the station less than two kilometres. One resident in five is under fifteen.

no. 9,989 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 42 of 52 in Middelburg (Z.)

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Is Dauwendaele I a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dauwendaele I comes out at 34 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

34.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

6.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

5.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 130 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

1.8 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.2 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

2.2 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 210,000

Welfare recipients

98.3 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

35%

Social housing

60%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

63%

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

7,751 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,736

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

0.4 km

Households with children

34%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Dauwendaele I has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,751 — 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 Dauwendaele I a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dauwendaele I comes out at 34 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 Dauwendaele I?

In Dauwendaele I the police recorded 130 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Dauwendaele I calculated?

Dauwendaele I scores 4.3 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 Dauwendaele I 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.