neighbourhood in Nissewaard

Kreken

1,880 residents · postal code 3206 · Part of De Akkers, Nissewaard

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Vandalism in Kreken occurs more than twice as often as is usual nationally and violence one and a half times, while burglary is virtually absent and theft stays well below the median. The total number of reported offences therefore barely deviates from the national middle, but the composition does — hence a 6.9 rather than a higher figure.

The wealth & income pillar is divided. The income distribution is almost exactly that of the Netherlands and vacancy sits below the middle, but the property value stays far below the median and the social assistance rate is more than three times as high. A 4.3, then, saying two different things at once.

The families pillar stands at 8.7, with the primary school five hundred metres away and four in ten households having children. In an area with over eight thousand residents per square kilometre, that is the most useful information these figures give.

no. 6,757 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 33 of 78 in Nissewaard

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Is Kreken a safe neighbourhood?

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

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Safety

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

Total crime

24.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

3.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

5.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 53 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

18.5 km

Restaurant

0.5 km

Hospital

2.9 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

3.8 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 284,000

Welfare recipients

26.6 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

73%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

85%

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

8,439 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,578

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

41%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

3.0 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6525%
NL median 28%
65+19%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,439 — 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 Kreken a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kreken comes out at 24 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 Kreken?

In Kreken the police recorded 53 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (24 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 Kreken calculated?

Kreken scores 6.1 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 Kreken 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.