neighbourhood in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Nootdorp CentrumWest
2,090 residents · postal code 2631 · Part of Nootdorp, Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Nootdorp CentrumWest shows how far two pillars can drift apart: amenities score 9.2, safety just 3.1. The latter reflects 44 offences per 1,000 people present, nearly double the national midpoint, though a shopping centre inflates that figure. One in three residents is over 65 and 44 per cent of households are single-person. Almost half the housing stock was built after 2000. At 416,000 euro, property values sit just below the national middle.
- no. 8,794 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 29 of 31 in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
How Nootdorp CentrumWest scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 141 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.
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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
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
Nootdorp CentrumWest has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 33%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+33%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,653 — 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
How is the grade for Nootdorp CentrumWest calculated?
Nootdorp CentrumWest scores 5.0 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Nootdorp CentrumWest lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Nootdorp CentrumWest a safe neighbourhood?
Nootdorp CentrumWest scores 3.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (43.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Pijnacker-Nootdorp.
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