neighbourhood in Schiedam
De Vlinderhoven
1,110 residents · postal code 3124 · Part of Spaland en Sveaparken, Schiedam
Safe, but not spacious
De Vlinderhoven scores 7.7 for wealth & income with a property value that sits just below the national median. That is unusual, because property value is by far the heaviest component of the pillar. Here the rest makes up for it: more households on a high income than nationally, fewer on a low income, no social assistance and almost no vacancy.
Safety is the strong side. Violence, theft and vandalism are all three below the national median, vandalism at a fraction of it. Only burglary is slightly above.
The 4.0 for quiet & nature stands out against that. There is more open water than in most neighbourhoods, but greenery and tree canopy stay below the national median and the noise level is above it. Those three together outweigh the water, which is why a place that looks spacious on paper comes out low here.
- no. 2,799 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 10 of 60 in Schiedam
How De Vlinderhoven scores
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Is De Vlinderhoven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Vlinderhoven comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 18 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
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
Who lives here
The age profile of De Vlinderhoven looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,982 — 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 De Vlinderhoven a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Vlinderhoven comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Vlinderhoven?
In De Vlinderhoven the police recorded 18 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 De Vlinderhoven calculated?
De Vlinderhoven scores 8.4 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 De Vlinderhoven 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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