neighbourhood in Zaanstad

Peldersveld West

2,655 residents · postal code 1503 · Part of Pelders- en Hoornseveld, Zaanstad

Top 19% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

The overall score of Peldersveld West rests on four pillars instead of five: there is no amenities score, and all measured distances are missing. What is left is a picture without access — worth knowing when the total reads 8.6.

The income shares are missing too — with too few households, Statistics Netherlands does not publish them. The wealth & income pillar leans on what is there: property values just below the national median and a social assistance rate close to twice that median. Together that comes out at 4.8, the neighbourhood's lowest score.

The families pillar stands directly opposite at 9.8. More than four in ten households have children and one in five residents is under fifteen — both above the national picture.

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no. 16 of 72 in Zaanstad

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Amenities

no grade

Too few figures are available for this area to give a grade.

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Is Peldersveld West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Peldersveld West comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

The figures ⌄

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

21.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.3 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

6.0 per 1,000

Vandalism

3.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 75 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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

€ 402,000

Welfare recipients

15.1 per 1,000

Owner-occupied

49%

Social housing

41%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

88%

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

6,748 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

50%

Trees nearby

17%

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

2,486

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.4 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.

Households with children

42%

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Peldersveld West has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4527%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,748 — 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 Peldersveld West a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Peldersveld West comes out at 21 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Peldersveld West?

In Peldersveld West the police recorded 75 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (21 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 Peldersveld West calculated?

Peldersveld West scores 8.6 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 Peldersveld West 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.