neighbourhood in Westland
De Lier West
3,420 residents · postal code 2678 · Part of De Lier, Westland
Everything for children close by, and little room
De Lier West reaches 9.2 for families, with a primary school four hundred metres away and children in almost four out of every ten households. That is the neighbourhood's strongest pillar, and it comes from distance and population at once.
Quiet & nature stays at 3.5 and that is not down to noise: levels sit close to the national median. What depresses the pillar are the density of more than seven thousand residents per square kilometre, a share of greenery far below the Dutch middle and a tree canopy that also falls short.
The wealth & income pillar reads 5.3 and is internally uneven. Property values are almost exactly on the Dutch median and vacancy is exceptionally low, but the social assistance rate comes to more than double the national middle. The neighbourhood is not poor in bricks, but it is in incomes.
- no. 4,287 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 33 of 73 in Westland
How De Lier West scores
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Is De Lier West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Lier West comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Lier West 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, 57 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 De Lier West looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,734 — 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 Lier West a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Lier West comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: De Lier West 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 De Lier West?
In De Lier West the police recorded 57 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 De Lier West calculated?
De Lier West scores 7.5 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 Lier 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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