neighbourhood in Middelburg (Z.)
Nieuw Middelburg
1,855 residents · postal code 4332 · Part of Nieuw Middelburg, Middelburg (Z.)
Everything close by, little to spend
The total number of reported offences in Nieuw Middelburg is below the national median, and yet safety comes no higher than 6.5. One type explains it: violent offences are recorded almost twice as often as nationally, while theft and vandalism stay below the median. Violence is the heaviest component of that pillar, so it pulls the score down even though the total looks favourable.
The amenities are excellent: shop, GP and restaurant are within five hundred metres, which produces a 9.4.
Against that stands the wealth & income pillar at 3.4. The property value remains far below the national median, more than four in ten households are on a low income and social assistance runs at nearly five times the national figure. Only the vacancy rate is low here.
- no. 7,122 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 28 of 52 in Middelburg (Z.)
How Nieuw Middelburg scores
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Is Nieuw Middelburg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw Middelburg comes out at 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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, 44 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 Nieuw Middelburg looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,305 — 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 Nieuw Middelburg a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw Middelburg comes out at 20 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 Nieuw Middelburg?
In Nieuw Middelburg the police recorded 44 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (20 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 Nieuw Middelburg calculated?
Nieuw Middelburg scores 5.9 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 Nieuw Middelburg 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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