neighbourhood in Papendrecht

Oostdonk

1,810 residents · postal code 3355 · Part of Wilgendonk, Papendrecht

Top 7% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

A 10.0 for safety is rare and in Oostdonk it is earned: all four offence types are well below the national figure, and the total number of reports does not reach half the national median. On that pillar this neighbourhood ranks among the hundred best in the country.

Quiet & nature lags far behind at 4.0, and the reason is unambiguous: noise levels are more than seven decibels above the national median, while greenery within three hundred metres is slightly above it. This is a neighbourhood that is quiet in the police statistics and loud on the noise map. The wealth & income pillar stands at 7.9 and holds across the board, with more high incomes than usual, fewer low ones and little vacancy.

no. 828 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 2 of 23 in Papendrecht

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Is Oostdonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oostdonk comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oostdonk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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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

12.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

3.6 per 1,000

Vandalism

0.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 19 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.7 km

Train station

3.1 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

5.8 km

Café

2.7 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 435,000

Welfare recipients

5.5 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

30%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

89%

Social housing

10%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

95%

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

5,356 inw/km²

Noise level

59 dB

Green surroundings

56%

Trees nearby

12%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,479

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.1 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

1.0 km

Households with children

44%

Childcare

1.0 km

Secondary school

1.7 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Oostdonk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4523%
NL median 22%
45–6533%
NL median 28%
65+17%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,356 — 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 Oostdonk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oostdonk comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Oostdonk is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Oostdonk?

In Oostdonk the police recorded 19 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Oostdonk calculated?

Oostdonk scores 9.5 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 Oostdonk 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.