neighbourhood in Westland
Edelstenenwijk
1,765 residents · postal code 2691 · Part of 's-Gravenzande, Westland
Safe, but not spacious
A 9.9 for safety puts Edelstenenwijk in the national top one hundred and fifty, and the figure holds on every component: violence at a quarter of the national middle, burglary near zero, theft and vandalism well below it.
The 9.8 for families has two sources here for once. The primary school is three hundred metres away, and that is the heaviest component of the pillar, but more children live here than the national average too. Usually distance carries the figure alone.
The 6.4 for wealth & income shows how mixed such a figure can be. Property values sit just below the national median, the highest income group exactly on it, the lowest slightly under, and vacancy is minimal — but the rate of social assistance is above the national level. That is the one component pointing the other way, and together they produce a figure that means neither rich nor poor.
- no. 840 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 5 of 73 in Westland
How Edelstenenwijk scores
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Is Edelstenenwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Edelstenenwijk comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Edelstenenwijk 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, 21 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
Edelstenenwijk has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,013 — 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 Edelstenenwijk a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Edelstenenwijk comes out at 13 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Edelstenenwijk 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 Edelstenenwijk?
In Edelstenenwijk the police recorded 21 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (13 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 Edelstenenwijk calculated?
Edelstenenwijk scores 9.5 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 Edelstenenwijk 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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