neighbourhood in Westland

Opstal

3,760 residents · postal code 2671 · Part of Naaldwijk, Westland

Top 34% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Burglary in Opstal occurs more than three times as often as nationally, while violence sits at a quarter of the national median. Those two opposing movements together produce an 8.0 for safety — the total number of offences, after all, stays well below the middle.

The 3.8 for quiet & nature comes from greenery and trees. Both are far below the national median, while noise is actually slightly lower than nationally. In a densely built part of Naaldwijk that is no surprise.

The railway station is twelve kilometres out, which pushes the amenities pillar down to 6.8, while the supermarket, the GP and a restaurant are all within a kilometre. For residents that is the practical difference: everything on foot, except the train.

no. 4,440 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 37 of 73 in Westland

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Is Opstal a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Opstal comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Opstal 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

17.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.6 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.9 per 1,000

Property crime

4.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 79 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

0.8 km

GP practice

1.1 km

Train station

12.0 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.6 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

1.5 km

Motorway ramp

0.6 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

€ 441,000

Welfare recipients

13.3 per 1,000

High incomes

19%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

74%

Social housing

23%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

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

7,433 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

30%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,955

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.2 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

0.7 km

Households with children

37%

Childcare

1.2 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

The age profile of Opstal looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4524%
NL median 22%
45–6523%
NL median 28%
65+26%
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
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,433 — 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 Opstal a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Opstal comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Opstal 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 Opstal?

In Opstal the police recorded 79 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (17 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 Opstal calculated?

Opstal 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 Opstal 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.