neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Doorslag-Noord

2,295 residents · postal code 3435 · Part of Doorslag, Nieuwegein

Top 43% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Violence in Doorslag-Noord comes out at roughly a third of the national median, and property crime stays below it too. Only burglary and vandalism run slightly above, and that is too little to undermine the 7.9 for safety. What you statistically risk here is a broken window, not a confrontation.

The quiet & nature pillar, by contrast, gets no further than 3.9, and tree canopy is not the reason — that is well above the national picture. It is density and the complete absence of water in the area that push the score down. There is a practical third point: the railway station is almost nine kilometres away, while supermarket, GP and school are all within walking distance. This neighbourhood works without a car inside its own boundaries, and not beyond them.

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no. 15 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Doorslag-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Doorslag-Noord comes out at 19 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.

Total crime

18.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.9 per 1,000

Property crime

7.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

8.7 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

0.7 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

0.8 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

€ 366,000

Welfare recipients

17.4 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

22%

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

7,324 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,579

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

30%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

14%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Doorslag-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1514%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+23%
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
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,324 — 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 Doorslag-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Doorslag-Noord comes out at 19 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 Doorslag-Noord?

In Doorslag-Noord the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Doorslag-Noord calculated?

Doorslag-Noord scores 6.8 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 Doorslag-Noord 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.