neighbourhood in Pijnacker-Nootdorp

Klapwijk

3,800 residents · postal code 2642 · Part of Pijnacker, Pijnacker-Nootdorp

Top 16% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

In Klapwijk every component of the wealth & income pillar points the same way: high property values, many households in the top income group, few in the bottom one, little social assistance and hardly any vacancy. An 8.8 that does not lean on a single component is rare.

The 4.9 for quiet & nature, by contrast, does not come from noise — that is below the national median — but from how built up the area is. A lot of people live on a small amount of ground here, and both greenery and tree canopy in the surroundings stay below the national figure. Quiet, in this model, means open space rather than silence.

Amenities are the weak spot: the supermarket and the GP are both a good kilometre and a half away, and those two carry the most weight in that pillar. The primary school is a different matter; it is considerably closer.

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no. 14 of 31 in Pijnacker-Nootdorp

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Is Klapwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Klapwijk comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Klapwijk 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

13.5 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

4.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 56 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

1.7 km

GP practice

1.7 km

Train station

6.2 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

4.1 km

Café

1.9 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 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

€ 483,000

Welfare recipients

5.3 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

31%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

92%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

94%

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

6,355 inw/km²

Noise level

50 dB

Green surroundings

48%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,782

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.

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

48%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

3.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

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Who lives here

Klapwijk has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 16%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6534%
NL median 28%
65+16%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
48% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,355 — 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 Klapwijk a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Klapwijk comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Klapwijk 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 Klapwijk?

In Klapwijk the police recorded 56 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Klapwijk calculated?

Klapwijk scores 8.8 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 Klapwijk 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.