neighbourhood in Vijfheerenlanden

Achter de Pijp

2,170 residents · postal code 4142 · Part of Leerdam-West, Vijfheerenlanden

Top 36% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Achter de Pijp scores 9.3 for families and 4.2 for wealth & income, and both figures are about the same households. More than four in ten have children and almost one in five residents is under fifteen, with the primary school six hundred metres away. At the same time property value is a fifth below the national median and the number of social assistance claims almost three times the national middle.

The crime total stays well below the national median, mainly because theft is at less than half the national level. Violence and burglary sit slightly above it, and because those two together carry almost sixty per cent of the safety pillar, it gets no further than 6.5.

The 5.6 for quiet & nature has a quiet noise level in its favour — a good two decibels below the national middle — but eight thousand residents on every square kilometre and a thin tree canopy against it. Quiet is not the same as green here.

no. 4,673 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 41 of 82 in Vijfheerenlanden

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Is Achter de Pijp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Achter de Pijp comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

18.8 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

4.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.0 per 1,000

In 2025, 45 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

0.9 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

1.7 km

Restaurant

0.6 km

Hospital

2.6 km

Café

1.1 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 340,000

Welfare recipients

23.0 per 1,000

High incomes

14%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

40%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

86%

Built after 2000

30%

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

8,029 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,140

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 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

0.6 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

0.9 km

Residents under 15

19%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Achter de Pijp has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1519%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4530%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
43% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,029 — 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 Achter de Pijp a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Achter de Pijp comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Achter de Pijp?

In Achter de Pijp the police recorded 45 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 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 Achter de Pijp calculated?

Achter de Pijp scores 7.3 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 Achter de Pijp 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.