neighbourhood in Vlaardingen
Vettenoordse Polder Oost
5,450 residents · postal code 3131 · Part of Centrum, Vlaardingen
Everything for children close by, thinner wallets
Vettenoordse Polder Oost has two strong pillars, and both of them really measure the same thing: distance. Amenities and families come out well above the national middle because a shop, a GP and a primary school are all within a few hundred metres. As soon as a figure is about the residents themselves, the picture tips over. Wealth gets stuck at 2.9, with a property value far below the Dutch median and a social assistance rate of almost five times the national level.
Behind the 3.0 for safety there is more than theft alone. Property crime is high here, but violence is at more than double the national middle and vandalism is clearly above it as well. That changes what this figure means for anyone moving here.
The quiet pillar has nothing to do with that, because crime does not count towards it. What does count is population density, and that is extremely high here, with considerably less greenery within three hundred metres than in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
- no. 12,343 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 29 of 31 in Vlaardingen
How Vettenoordse Polder Oost scores
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Is Vettenoordse Polder Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vettenoordse Polder Oost comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vettenoordse Polder Oost 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, 282 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
Vettenoordse Polder Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4536%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+11%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,736 — 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 Vettenoordse Polder Oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Vettenoordse Polder Oost comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Vettenoordse Polder Oost 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 Vettenoordse Polder Oost?
In Vettenoordse Polder Oost the police recorded 282 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 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 Vettenoordse Polder Oost calculated?
Vettenoordse Polder Oost scores 2.9 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 Vettenoordse Polder Oost 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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