neighbourhood in Tiel
Westroijen
2,150 residents · postal code 4003 · Part of Tiel-Noord, Tiel
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
In Westroijen fewer than a tenth of households are in the upper income group, against almost a fifth nationally, and that is this neighbourhood's sharpest figure. Together with a property value that stays more than a quarter below the median, almost half of households in the lowest income group and a fourfold social assistance rate, that produces a 3.5 for wealth & income — four components pointing the same way.
The safety picture is less clear-cut. Violence and vandalism occur considerably more often here than nationally, but burglary less. The pillar stays low because violence weighs heaviest of the four.
The quiet & nature pillar is held back mainly by noise: eight decibels above the national middle, while greenery within three hundred metres stays only slightly below it and density is modest.
- no. 10,299 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 21 of 28 in Tiel
How Westroijen scores
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Is Westroijen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Westroijen comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Westroijen 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, 136 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
Westroijen has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,133 — 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 Westroijen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Westroijen comes out at 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Westroijen 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 Westroijen?
In Westroijen the police recorded 136 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (45 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 Westroijen calculated?
Westroijen scores 4.1 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 Westroijen 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Tiel
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Tiel.