neighbourhood in Voorne aan Zee

Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt

1,935 residents · postal code 3221 · Part of Hellevoet, Voorne aan Zee

Bottom 41% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

Two figures in the Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt point against each other: the share of high incomes is above the national median, while the social assistance rate is almost four times the national median. The wealth & income pillar therefore comes out at 4.2 — property value, the heaviest component, pulls it down. There is no clear-cut prosperity or clear-cut poverty here.

The families pillar reaches 8.3, and distances explain that: school, GP and supermarket are all within a kilometre.

The railway station, by contrast, is almost thirty kilometres away, and that is why the amenities pillar gets no higher than 7.5 despite everything that is close by. Anyone living here without a car notices that every day.

no. 7,722 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 38 of 67 in Voorne aan Zee

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Is Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

23.0 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

6.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 52 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

0.7 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

29.1 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

0.4 km

Café

1.3 km

Library

1.3 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 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

€ 325,000

Welfare recipients

31.0 per 1,000

High incomes

20%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

56%

Social housing

42%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

67%

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

5,920 inw/km²

Noise level

52 dB

Green surroundings

43%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,226

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.9 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

0.5 km

Households with children

36%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.9 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+30%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,920 — 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 Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt comes out at 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt?

In Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt the police recorded 52 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (23 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 Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt calculated?

Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt scores 5.6 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 Dichters- en Schrijversbuurt 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.