neighbourhood in West Betuwe
Meteren - De Plantage
2,350 residents · postal code 4194 · Part of Meteren, West Betuwe
Safe, but not spacious
In Meteren - De Plantage vacancy is at twice the national value, and that is the only component of the wealth & income pillar pointing the wrong way. The other three do the opposite: a property value well above the median, a third of households in the highest income group and a social assistance rate at just over half the national middle. The 8.2 is therefore largely, but not entirely, a prosperity score.
Safety stands at 9.9 and holds on all four types. Violence and criminal damage are at less than a third of the national value, burglary at practically zero.
Quiet & nature stalls at 4.7 despite more green than nationally. The tree canopy is less than half the middle, there is barely any water and the noise level is almost three decibels Lden above the median.
- no. 436 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 2 of 64 in West Betuwe
How Meteren - De Plantage scores
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Is Meteren - De Plantage a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Meteren - De Plantage comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Meteren - De Plantage 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.
In 2025, 36 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
Meteren - De Plantage has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1525%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4541%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
NL median 28%
- 65+6%
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
2.7 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,967 — 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 Meteren - De Plantage a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Meteren - De Plantage comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Meteren - De Plantage 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 Meteren - De Plantage?
In Meteren - De Plantage the police recorded 36 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Meteren - De Plantage calculated?
Meteren - De Plantage scores 9.8 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 Meteren - De Plantage 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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