neighbourhood in Pijnacker-Nootdorp

Emerald Zuid

1,885 residents · postal code 2645 · Part of Delfgauw, Pijnacker-Nootdorp

Top 26% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Emerald Zuid was built almost entirely after the turn of the century, and yet the quiet & nature pillar stands at 3.3. The reason is traffic noise: nearly six decibels above the national median, which means many times the noise load. Greenery and trees here sit around the national picture and do not cancel it out.

The safety pillar reaches 9.2 with all four types of reported offence below the national middle except burglary, which barely rises above it. At almost nineteen hundred residents that is a reliable picture.

Half of households have children and only eight per cent of residents are 65 or older, and yet families stays at 6.4. That is distance: the primary school is a good kilometre away, and in this pillar distance weighs more heavily than how many children live here.

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Is Emerald Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Emerald Zuid comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Emerald Zuid 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

12.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.1 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

3.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 25 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

1.1 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

4.0 km

Restaurant

2.1 km

Hospital

5.5 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 km

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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

€ 520,000

Welfare recipients

5.3 per 1,000

High incomes

32%

Low incomes

34%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

71%

Social housing

26%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

65%

Built after 2000

99%

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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

5,399 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,368

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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.

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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

1.2 km

Households with children

50%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

3.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

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Who lives here

Emerald Zuid has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 20%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2520%
NL median 11%
25–4519%
NL median 22%
45–6537%
NL median 28%
65+8%
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
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
50% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,399 — 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 Emerald Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Emerald Zuid?

In Emerald Zuid the police recorded 25 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Emerald Zuid calculated?

Emerald Zuid scores 8.1 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 Emerald Zuid 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.