neighbourhood in Schiedam
Sveaborg en Sveadal
1,735 residents · postal code 3124 · Part of Spaland en Sveaparken, Schiedam
Well-off, but not spacious
Sveaborg en Sveadal is among the few hundred neighbourhoods in the Netherlands with the highest overall score, and that is not down to a single outlier but to the absence of a weak spot. The lowest figure here is a 6.4, shared by amenities and quiet & nature, and even that is around the national median.
On wealth & income every component points the same way: the property value is well above the national median, more households are on a high income and fewer on a low income than usual, social assistance does not occur and vacancy is negligible. Such a unanimous picture is rarer than it looks.
On offences it is more nuanced than the pillar score suggests. Violence and burglary are far below the national median, but theft is slightly above it and vandalism sits exactly on the median. The 9.0 therefore comes from the heaviest components, not from all four.
- no. 323 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 60 in Schiedam
How Sveaborg en Sveadal scores
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Is Sveaborg en Sveadal a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sveaborg en Sveadal 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, 34 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
Sveaborg en Sveadal has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2518%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6535%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
54% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,109 — 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 Sveaborg en Sveadal a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Sveaborg en Sveadal 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 Sveaborg en Sveadal?
In Sveaborg en Sveadal the police recorded 34 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 Sveaborg en Sveadal calculated?
Sveaborg en Sveadal scores 9.8 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 Sveaborg en Sveadal 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Schiedam.
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