neighbourhood in Wageningen
De Buurt-West
2,595 residents · postal code 6707 · Part of De Buurt, Wageningen
Everything close by, little to spend
In De Buurt-West more than half of households fall into the bottom income group and nearly two thirds of people live alone. That explains the 3.1 for wealth & income, in which only vacancy holds up: property value, incomes and social assistance all point the same way.
The 6.1 for safety is the figure that does not fit that picture. Violence sits exactly on the national median, property crime well below it and vandalism below too; only burglary rises above, at nearly three times the national figure. A neighbourhood with a low wealth score is not automatically an unsafe one, and here the reported offences show it. The 3.4 for quiet & nature follows from density and scarce greenery, not from noise, which is only slightly above the median.
- no. 10,093 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 26 of 33 in Wageningen
How De Buurt-West scores
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Is De Buurt-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Buurt-West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer 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.
In 2025, 51 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
De Buurt-West has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 18%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2518%
NL median 11%
- 25–4529%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,072 — 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 De Buurt-West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Buurt-West comes out at 18 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Buurt-West?
In De Buurt-West the police recorded 51 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (18 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 De Buurt-West calculated?
De Buurt-West scores 4.2 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 De Buurt-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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