neighbourhood in Stede Broec

Oostersluis

1,905 residents · postal code 1613 · Part of Stede Broec Zuid, Stede Broec

Top 43% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Vandalism in Oostersluis is more than three times above the national median, while violence and burglary stay below it. That is a different burden from feeling unsafe on the street: it is damage to property, and because vandalism carries the lightest weight of the four types, the safety pillar still lands on 7.2.

The weakness lies elsewhere. With property values far below the national median and social assistance above it, wealth & income gets no further than 4.6; only vacancy, close to zero here, points the other way. And at 4.4, quiet & nature is the neighbourhood's lowest score — densely built, little greenery within three hundred metres and no open water at all. Set against that is the short distance: school and supermarket are a few hundred metres away, and that is the component that weighs most heavily in the 8.0 for families.

no. 5,559 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 12 of 21 in Stede Broec

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Is Oostersluis a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oostersluis comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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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

26.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.0 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

8.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

6.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 59 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

0.5 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

1.5 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

4.8 km

Café

2.3 km

Library

1.4 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 314,000

Welfare recipients

10.5 per 1,000

High incomes

12%

Low incomes

40%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

75%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

96%

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

4,664 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

41%

Trees nearby

11%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,312

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.0 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

0.5 km

Households with children

30%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

13%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Oostersluis has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1513%
NL median 14%
15–259%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+28%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,664 — 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 Oostersluis a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Oostersluis comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Oostersluis?

In Oostersluis the police recorded 59 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Oostersluis calculated?

Oostersluis scores 6.8 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 Oostersluis 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.