neighbourhood in Westland
Westhof en Dijkpolder
2,495 residents · postal code 2685 · Part of Poeldijk, Westland
Safe, but not spacious
Westhof en Dijkpolder reaches 9.8 for safety and 9.6 for wealth & income, and alongside them a 2.7 for quiet & nature. That last one is no detail: greenery and tree canopy in the immediate surroundings both stay far below the national level, and that weighs heavily in the pillar.
Most homes were built after 2000 and nearly six in ten households have children; those two things are connected and carry the 9.8 for families. On wealth & income it is notable that social assistance does not occur here at all and that the share of higher incomes is well above the national middle, while the property value, the heaviest component in that pillar, comes out considerably higher than average. The station is far off and the supermarket and GP about a kilometre away; that is where the 5.9 for amenities comes from.
- no. 459 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 73 in Westland
How Westhof en Dijkpolder scores
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Is Westhof en Dijkpolder a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Westhof en Dijkpolder comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westhof en Dijkpolder 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, 28 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
Westhof en Dijkpolder has strikingly many children under 15: 24%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1524%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4533%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+8%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
16% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
58% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,200 — 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 Westhof en Dijkpolder a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Westhof en Dijkpolder comes out at 12 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Westhof en Dijkpolder 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 Westhof en Dijkpolder?
In Westhof en Dijkpolder the police recorded 28 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (12 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 Westhof en Dijkpolder calculated?
Westhof en Dijkpolder scores 9.7 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 Westhof en Dijkpolder 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Westland
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Westland.
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