neighbourhood in Vlaardingen

Vogelbuurt Noord

2,990 residents · postal code 3136 · Part of Holy Zuid, Vlaardingen

Bottom 33% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Vogelbuurt Noord scores a 9.3 for families even though the primary school is more than a kilometre away. That is unusual, because that distance carries the most weight in the pillar. What lifts the figure is the other part: more than four in ten households have children, and the share of children in the population is clearly above the national level too.

The quiet & nature pillar comes out high at 6.4 for a neighbourhood housing almost twelve thousand people to the square kilometre. Greenery in the immediate surroundings is above the national median and the tree canopy well above it. Density pushes down here, but the trees pull it back.

Wealth & income is the weakest point at 3.1, and that cannot be pinned on one item: low property value, a thin top income group, a thick bottom one and a rate of social assistance almost nine times the national level. Only vacancy is low.

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no. 17 of 31 in Vlaardingen

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Is Vogelbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelbuurt Noord comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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

32.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

9.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 118 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

0.4 km

GP practice

0.9 km

Train station

5.1 km

Restaurant

0.4 km

Hospital

3.0 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.7 km

Motorway ramp

1.8 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

€ 278,000

Welfare recipients

70.2 per 1,000

High incomes

Low incomes

54%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

12%

Social housing

87%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

33%

Built after 2000

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

11,761 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

55%

Trees nearby

16%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

3,665

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

1.2 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

0.3 km

Residents under 15

22%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Vogelbuurt Noord has strikingly many children under 15: 22%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1522%
NL median 14%
15–2514%
NL median 11%
25–4526%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,761 — 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 Vogelbuurt Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Vogelbuurt Noord comes out at 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Vogelbuurt Noord?

In Vogelbuurt Noord the police recorded 118 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (32 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 Vogelbuurt Noord calculated?

Vogelbuurt Noord scores 5.0 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 Vogelbuurt Noord 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.