neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Vreeswijk

2,310 residents · postal code 3433 · Part of Vreeswijk, Nieuwegein

Bottom 26% in the Netherlands

Good for children, with a safety question

Almost a third of Vreeswijk's surface is water, well above what is usual nationally, and that is the main reason the quiet & nature pillar reaches a pass here while noise levels sit exactly on the national median.

The safety pillar falls the other way. All four recorded offence types are above the median, with burglary the outlier: more than four times the national figure. In a neighbourhood of this size that means dozens of reported offences, enough not to be a fluke. What the area asks of residents beyond that is mobility: the nearest station is almost ten kilometres away and the supermarket one and a half — not a combination you can solve on foot.

no. 9,767 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 23 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Vreeswijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vreeswijk comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

26.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

2.5 per 1,000

Property crime

10.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 83 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

1.5 km

GP practice

0.5 km

Train station

9.6 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.3 km

Café

1.4 km

Library

3.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 381,000

Welfare recipients

13.0 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

60%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

72%

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

4,312 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

Water share

30%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,547

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.8 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vreeswijk has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6527%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,312 — 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 Vreeswijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vreeswijk comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Vreeswijk?

In Vreeswijk the police recorded 83 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Vreeswijk calculated?

Vreeswijk scores 4.4 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 Vreeswijk 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.