neighbourhood in Veere
Westkapelle
2,470 residents · postal code 4361 · Part of Westkapelle, Veere
Safe streets, thinner wallets
Westkapelle has a 9.8 for safety, with all four types of reported offence below the national median and burglary at a fraction of it. What holds the amenities figure at a 5.7 is the distance to the railway: the nearest station is sixteen kilometres away, while supermarket, GP and school are all within six hundred metres.
The quiet & nature pillar lags at a 4.7 compared with what a noise level far below the Dutch average would suggest. The explanation lies in the greenery: both the share of greenery within three hundred metres and the tree canopy are below the national middle. The vacancy rate stands out too, at more than double what is usual nationally, and that is one of the components holding the wealth & income pillar at a 4.5.
- no. 4,362 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 7 of 32 in Veere
How Westkapelle scores
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Is Westkapelle a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Westkapelle comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westkapelle 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, 28 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 Westkapelle looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,344 — around the 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 Westkapelle a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Westkapelle comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westkapelle 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 Westkapelle?
In Westkapelle the police recorded 28 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 Westkapelle calculated?
Westkapelle scores 7.5 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 Westkapelle 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 Veere
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Veere.
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