neighbourhood in Velsen
Rivierenbuurt
2,200 residents · postal code 1972 · Part of IJmuiden-Zuid, Velsen
Everything close by, little to spend
Of all the measurements in Rivierenbuurt, the tree canopy stands out furthest: more than four in ten square metres of the surroundings sit beneath a canopy, almost five times the Dutch middle. Together with plenty of greenery that produces a 7.7 for quiet & nature in a neighbourhood with few other pieces of luck.
Because the wealth & income pillar is weak on every component. The property value is a little over half the national middle, the social assistance rate almost nine times it, and both the highest and the lowest income group deviate sharply — the top thinner, the bottom broader than nationally. That is the 2.6 underneath.
Safety lags too, with violence and vandalism above the median and theft just above it. What this neighbourhood has is greenery and proximity; what it lacks is almost everything else.
- no. 10,165 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 47 of 60 in Velsen
How Rivierenbuurt scores
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Is Rivierenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Rivierenbuurt comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Rivierenbuurt 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, 105 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
Rivierenbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,169 — 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 Rivierenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Rivierenbuurt comes out at 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Rivierenbuurt 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 Rivierenbuurt?
In Rivierenbuurt the police recorded 105 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (37 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 Rivierenbuurt calculated?
Rivierenbuurt scores 4.2 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 Rivierenbuurt 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 Velsen.
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