neighbourhood in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Nootdorp CentrumWest
2,090 residents · postal code 2631 · Part of Nootdorp, Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Everything close by, safety lags
A 9.5 for amenities and a 3.1 for safety in the same neighbourhood: Nootdorp CentrumWest shows what a centre function costs. Supermarket, GP, restaurant and school are all within half a kilometre, and at the same time nearly twice as many offences are recorded here as in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
That figure is not one thing. Property crime is by far the largest category and runs at more than double the national median, but violence is above it too. So it is not the case that only belongings disappear here.
The 3.3 for quiet & nature belongs to the same picture: densely built, less greenery in the immediate surroundings than nationally and noise above the median. What stands out is who lives here — the population is markedly older and more than four in ten households consist of one person.
- 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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Is Nootdorp CentrumWest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nootdorp CentrumWest comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nootdorp CentrumWest is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
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.
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
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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.
Tick = Dutch median
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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
Is Nootdorp CentrumWest a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Nootdorp CentrumWest comes out at 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Nootdorp CentrumWest is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Nootdorp CentrumWest?
In Nootdorp CentrumWest the police recorded 141 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (44 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 Nootdorp CentrumWest calculated?
Nootdorp CentrumWest scores 5.0 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 Nootdorp CentrumWest 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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