neighbourhood in Wijk bij Duurstede
Noorderwaard-Noord
1,915 residents · postal code 3962 · Part of Wijk bij Duurstede, Wijk bij Duurstede
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Violence and burglary barely occur in Noorderwaard-Noord: both sit at a fraction of the national median, and those are precisely the two components that shape the safety pillar most. That produces a 9.7, even though the number of acts of vandalism does run above the national middle.
Greenery and quiet do the rest. More than seven in ten square metres within three hundred metres is green and traffic noise sits almost four decibels below the median; building density keeps the quiet & nature pillar at 6.5 rather than higher.
The wealth & income pillar stops at 6.8, which is strikingly ordinary for a neighbourhood with figures this strong elsewhere. Property value, income spread and social assistance all sit close to the national picture — the share of high incomes lands exactly on the median. The station is twelve kilometres away.
- no. 595 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 3 of 17 in Wijk bij Duurstede
How Noorderwaard-Noord scores
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Is Noorderwaard-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Noorderwaard-Noord comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Noorderwaard-Noord 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, 30 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
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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
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Who lives here
The age profile of Noorderwaard-Noord 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%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,326 — 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 Noorderwaard-Noord a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Noorderwaard-Noord comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Noorderwaard-Noord 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 Noorderwaard-Noord?
In Noorderwaard-Noord the police recorded 30 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 Noorderwaard-Noord calculated?
Noorderwaard-Noord 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 Noorderwaard-Noord 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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Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Wijk bij Duurstede.
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