neighbourhood in Oegstgeest
Nieuw-Rhijngeest
3,585 residents · postal code 2342 · Part of Oegstgeest West, Oegstgeest
Well-off, but not spacious
Nieuw-Rhijngeest is in the country's top hundred, and that position rests on two pillars that reinforce each other. Wealth & income scores 9.9, with every component pointing the same way: a property value nearly double the national median, half of all households in the highest income group, few lower incomes and hardly any social assistance. Families scores 9.6, with almost six in ten households having children — a share that is exceptional nationally.
What the neighbourhood lacks is silence. The 4.2 for quiet & nature comes from traffic noise well above the Dutch middle and from greenery and tree canopy that both stay below it. That is striking at this building density, and worth the attention of anyone moving here.
- no. 109 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 15 in Oegstgeest
How Nieuw-Rhijngeest scores
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Is Nieuw-Rhijngeest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw-Rhijngeest comes out at 21 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.
In 2025, 98 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.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Nieuw-Rhijngeest has strikingly many children under 15: 29%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1529%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4533%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+6%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
57% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,539 — 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 Nieuw-Rhijngeest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nieuw-Rhijngeest comes out at 21 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 Nieuw-Rhijngeest?
In Nieuw-Rhijngeest the police recorded 98 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Nieuw-Rhijngeest calculated?
Nieuw-Rhijngeest scores 9.9 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 Nieuw-Rhijngeest 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.
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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Oegstgeest.
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