neighbourhood in Middelburg (Z.)
Dauwendaele II
1,905 residents · postal code 4337 · Part of Dauwendaele, Middelburg (Z.)
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Vandalism is the offence that draws attention in Dauwendaele II: it is recorded more than twice as often as nationally. Residential burglary, by contrast, is all but absent, at a fraction of the national median. Theft is slightly above it and so is violence. Together that produces a 5.4 for safety.
The primary school is four hundred metres away and the shop and GP are just as close; that explains both the 8.6 for families and the 8.5 for amenities. Those two scores largely measure the same proximity here, but through different components.
The wealth & income pillar is the weak spot. The property value stays far below the national median, more than four in ten households are on a low income and social assistance runs at over three times the national figure.
- no. 6,948 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 27 of 52 in Middelburg (Z.)
How Dauwendaele II scores
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Is Dauwendaele II a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dauwendaele II 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.
In 2025, 79 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Dauwendaele II looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
32% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,100 — 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 II a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dauwendaele II 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 Dauwendaele II?
In Dauwendaele II the police recorded 79 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 Dauwendaele II calculated?
Dauwendaele II 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 Dauwendaele II 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.
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