neighbourhood in Nissewaard

Gaarden

2,345 residents · postal code 3206 · Part of De Akkers, Nissewaard

Bottom 28% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Violence in Gaarden is at more than twice the national value and is therefore the component pulling the safety pillar down hardest — it carries almost a third of that pillar. Property crime and criminal damage sit below the middle, which reverses the usual picture: here it is less about possessions than about what happens between people.

Wealth & income drops to 3.4 with a property value at almost half the median and a social assistance rate almost five times the national middle. More than four in ten households are in the lowest income group.

Set against that is an 8.9 for families: the primary school is eight hundred metres away and more than four in ten households have children. The station almost eighteen kilometres away pushes the amenities pillar down to 6.5, while shop, GP and restaurant are all within a kilometre.

no. 9,509 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 44 of 78 in Nissewaard

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Is Gaarden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gaarden comes out at 27 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

26.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.0 per 1,000

Property crime

5.5 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 73 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

17.8 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

2.2 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

3.1 km

Motorway ramp

2.7 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

€ 264,000

Welfare recipients

38.4 per 1,000

High incomes

15%

Low incomes

43%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

50%

Social housing

48%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

70%

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

7,074 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

45%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,001

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

0.8 km

Households with children

44%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Gaarden has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,074 — 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 Gaarden a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Gaarden comes out at 27 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 Gaarden?

In Gaarden the police recorded 73 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 Gaarden calculated?

Gaarden scores 4.5 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 Gaarden 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.