neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Binnenweides

1,850 residents · postal code 3437 · Part of Batau Noord, Nieuwegein

Bottom 46% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Binnenweides scores a 9.0 for families and a 3.5 for safety, and that gap defines the picture. The primary school is five hundred metres away and nearly four in ten households have children; at the same time violence, burglary and property crime all three sit above the national middle, with burglary at almost four times the median. Vandalism lands exactly at the national level.

That is an uncomfortable combination: the components that weigh heaviest in the safety pillar — violence and burglary — are here the very two that stand out.

The quiet & nature pillar reaches a 5.7, which is not bad for this building density. Traffic noise sits more than three decibels below the national median and tree canopy is denser than average; the green share stays just under it. The railway station is almost seven kilometres away.

no. 7,106 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 19 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Binnenweides a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Binnenweides 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

27.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.3 per 1,000

Property crime

11.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 60 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

0.8 km

Train station

6.9 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

3.1 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

2.7 km

Motorway ramp

2.4 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

€ 386,000

Welfare recipients

16.2 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

32%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

58%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

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

6,500 inw/km²

Noise level

48 dB

Green surroundings

51%

Trees nearby

14%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,188

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.3 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

38%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

3.2 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Binnenweides has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,500 — 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 Binnenweides a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Binnenweides 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 Binnenweides?

In Binnenweides the police recorded 60 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 Binnenweides calculated?

Binnenweides 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 Binnenweides 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.