neighbourhood in Stichtse Vecht
Broeckland
1,990 residents · postal code 3621 · Part of Breukelen, Stichtse Vecht
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Ten neighbourhoods in the Netherlands are safer than Broeckland, and that is not a matter of one favourable category: violence, burglary, vandalism and property crime all four sit well below the national middle, some at a fraction of it. At two thousand residents these are no longer chance figures.
The wealth & income pillar reaches 9.0, carried by a property value that leaves the national median far behind and a broad top income group. One component contradicts it: the number of social assistance benefits is slightly above the Dutch middle. Small, but enough to say that wealth here does not tell the same story across the board.
The tree canopy, at twenty-one per cent, is more than twice the national middle, and yet quiet & nature stays at 5.8. That comes down to density: almost six thousand residents per square kilometre, and in this pillar that weighs as heavily as the greenery.
- no. 509 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 84 in Stichtse Vecht
How Broeckland scores
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Is Broeckland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Broeckland comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Broeckland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest 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, 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 Broeckland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6534%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,756 — 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 Broeckland a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Broeckland comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Broeckland is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Broeckland?
In Broeckland the police recorded 18 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Broeckland calculated?
Broeckland scores 9.7 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 Broeckland 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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