neighbourhood in Middelburg (Z.)

Stromenwijk

3,100 residents · postal code 4335 · Part of Stromenwijk/'t Zand, Middelburg (Z.)

Bottom 31% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

On every component of the wealth & income pillar Stromenwijk scores unfavourably: property values, the share of high incomes, the share of low incomes and the social assistance rate all point the same way, and vacancy is above the median too. A 2.8 is then not an outlier but a sum.

Safety comes out at a 4.5, and strikingly that is not theft's fault — property crime here is below the national middle. It is violence and vandalism that stand out, precisely the two that shape what you see in the street.

Set against that is an 8.5 for families. The primary school is around the corner and relatively many children live here. The GP is the exception on an otherwise short list of distances: more than one and a half kilometres away.

no. 9,110 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 38 of 52 in Middelburg (Z.)

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Is Stromenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Stromenwijk comes out at 27 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

26.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

7.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 102 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.

Supermarket

0.5 km

GP practice

1.7 km

Train station

1.9 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

1.7 km

Library

2.1 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 248,000

Welfare recipients

45.2 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

45%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

49%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

Built after 2000

15%

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

5,638 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

10%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,783

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.6 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

31%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

0.6 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Stromenwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,638 — 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 Stromenwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Stromenwijk comes out at 27 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 Stromenwijk?

In Stromenwijk the police recorded 102 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 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 Stromenwijk calculated?

Stromenwijk scores 4.8 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 Stromenwijk 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.