neighbourhood in Waddinxveen

Triangel

7,260 residents · postal code 2742 · Part of Wijk 02, Waddinxveen

Top 9% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Triangel was built almost entirely after the turn of the century, and it shows in the population: one in three residents is not yet fifteen. None of the four types of registered offence rises above the Dutch midpoint, which produces a 9.3 for safety.

Two things point the other way. The share of vacant homes here is double the national figure, in a neighbourhood that is well ahead on every other wealth component; that vacancy is the only thing dragging the 8.4 for wealth down.

And then quiet, with a 3.4. The noise level rises above the national median and the tree canopy covers only a fraction of what is normal elsewhere. The greenery within three hundred metres does not reach the average either.

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no. 3 of 20 in Waddinxveen

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Is Triangel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Triangel comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Triangel is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

The figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

11.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

3.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 91 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

1.2 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

0.8 km

Restaurant

1.1 km

Hospital

6.1 km

Café

1.6 km

Library

1.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 539,000

Welfare recipients

4.1 per 1,000

High incomes

38%

Low incomes

20%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

80%

Social housing

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

84%

Built after 2000

98%

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

6,679 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

44%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,378

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.6 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

59%

Childcare

0.6 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

32%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Triangel has strikingly many children under 15: 32%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1532%
NL median 14%
15–256%
NL median 11%
25–4546%
NL median 22%
45–6513%
NL median 28%
65+4%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
59% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,679 — 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 Triangel a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Triangel comes out at 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Triangel is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Triangel?

In Triangel the police recorded 91 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (11 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 Triangel calculated?

Triangel scores 9.4 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 Triangel 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.