neighbourhood in Vlissingen
Bloemenlaan e.o. West
1,280 residents · postal code 4382 · Part of Middengebied, Vlissingen
Everything close by, little to spend
Bloemenlaan e.o. West has a social assistance rate of roughly fifteen times the national median. That is the most pronounced deviation in this neighbourhood, and together with a property value of less than half the national median and a large share of low incomes it explains the 2.6 for wealth & income.
The crime figures do not fit the usual image of an urban neighbourhood with a high offence rate. Theft and burglary here are below the national median; it is vandalism, at more than three times it, and violence that make the score. For those who live here that is a materially different kind of insecurity from a stolen bicycle.
The amenities are close by and the primary school is seven hundred metres away, producing a 9.0 and a 6.4 for amenities and families respectively. Quiet & nature lags because of scant greenery and dense building.
- no. 10,892 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 24 of 36 in Vlissingen
How Bloemenlaan e.o. West scores
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Is Bloemenlaan e.o. West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bloemenlaan e.o. West comes out at 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bloemenlaan e.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 89 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 Bloemenlaan e.o. West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
31% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,315 — 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 Bloemenlaan e.o. West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bloemenlaan e.o. West comes out at 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Bloemenlaan e.o. West 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 Bloemenlaan e.o. West?
In Bloemenlaan e.o. West the police recorded 89 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (51 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 Bloemenlaan e.o. West calculated?
Bloemenlaan e.o. West scores 3.8 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 Bloemenlaan e.o. West 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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