neighbourhood in Woerden

Snel en Polanen

5,665 residents · postal code 3446 · Part of Woerden-Oost, Woerden

Top 8% in the Netherlands

Safe, but not spacious

Snel en Polanen has no weak spot in the wealth figures. The property value lies well above the national middle, the top income group is considerably larger than nationally and the bottom one smaller, social assistance stays below the median and virtually nothing stands vacant. An 8.4 here is not an average of good news and bad but an unambiguous picture.

All the more striking is the 3.6 for quiet, by far the neighbourhood's lowest figure. Greenery and tree canopy both stay far below the national level and the noise level lies above it — that is not what you would expect in a residential district like this. Safety goes the other way: violence occurs less than a third as often here as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and burglary, property crime and vandalism likewise stay below it.

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no. 3 of 30 in Woerden

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Is Snel en Polanen a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Snel en Polanen comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Snel en Polanen 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

15.1 per 1,000

Violent crime

0.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.4 per 1,000

Property crime

6.4 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 108 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.

Supermarket

1.5 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.7 km

Hospital

1.4 km

Café

2.0 km

Library

2.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.1 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

€ 484,000

Welfare recipients

7.1 per 1,000

High incomes

30%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

82%

Social housing

13%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

78%

Built after 2000

13%

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

5,310 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

37%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,463

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.8 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

45%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.0 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Snel en Polanen has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 15%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6534%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,310 — 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 Snel en Polanen a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Snel en Polanen?

In Snel en Polanen the police recorded 108 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 Snel en Polanen calculated?

Snel en Polanen scores 9.4 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 Snel en Polanen 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.