neighbourhood in Westland
Zwartenhoek
3,340 residents · postal code 2681 · Part of Monster, Westland
Everything for children close by, and little room
Noise in Zwartenhoek sits exactly on the national median, and still the quiet & nature pillar comes out at 2.8. That points to the other components: almost eight thousand residents per square kilometre, less than a third greenery in the surroundings, a thin tree canopy and no water. Anyone expecting silence and quiet to measure the same thing is reading the score wrongly.
Safety is better than the average picture of a densely built area: violence, burglary and property crime are all three below the median and only vandalism above it, together a 6.5. What does cost distance is the railway — the nearest station is more than eleven kilometres away, while the supermarket, GP and school are all within a kilometre.
- no. 8,890 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 57 of 73 in Westland
How Zwartenhoek scores
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Is Zwartenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zwartenhoek comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zwartenhoek 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, 66 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 Zwartenhoek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,792 — 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 Zwartenhoek a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zwartenhoek comes out at 17 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zwartenhoek 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 Zwartenhoek?
In Zwartenhoek the police recorded 66 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 Zwartenhoek calculated?
Zwartenhoek scores 4.9 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 Zwartenhoek 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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