neighbourhood in Nieuwegein

Wijkersloot-Oost

2,515 residents · postal code 3431 · Part of Jutphaas Wijkersloot, Nieuwegein

Bottom 10% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The railway station is more than seven kilometres away, and yet Wijkersloot-Oost reaches 8.5 for amenities: supermarket, restaurant and GP are all three within walking distance, and together they weigh more heavily than the railway. It is the only score that comes out high here.

The rest points the same way. The number of thefts approaches triple the national figure, and violence and burglary are above the median too, which explains the 2.8 for safety. Wealth & income comes out at 3.1: a low property value, few higher incomes, many households on a low income and a social assistance rate above fifty per thousand residents. Only vacancy stays below the national level, the single component pointing the other way.

no. 11,889 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 30 of 34 in Nieuwegein

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Is Wijkersloot-Oost a safe 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

49.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.4 per 1,000

Property crime

27.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

4.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 171 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.8 km

Train station

7.3 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

1.9 km

Café

1.2 km

Library

0.8 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

€ 280,000

Welfare recipients

55.7 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

47%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

30%

Social housing

63%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

16%

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

8,640 inw/km²

Noise level

54 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

13%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,161

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

0.6 km

Households with children

29%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.3 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,640 — 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 Wijkersloot-Oost a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Wijkersloot-Oost comes out at 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Wijkersloot-Oost is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. 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 Wijkersloot-Oost?

In Wijkersloot-Oost the police recorded 171 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (49 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 Wijkersloot-Oost calculated?

Wijkersloot-Oost scores 3.2 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 Wijkersloot-Oost 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.