neighbourhood in Zeewolde

Centrum

1,775 residents · postal code 3891 · Part of Wijk 00, Zeewolde

Bottom 11% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

The centre of Zeewolde has everything within walking distance and scores a 9.0 for amenities. The flip side is a 2.6 for safety, the neighbourhood's lowest score: violent offences are recorded here more than four times as often as in the average Dutch neighbourhood, and theft and vandalism are far above the median too. This is not the picture of a place where only bicycles disappear.

The 4.9 for families does not come from distance — the primary school is nearby — but from who lives here: more than four in ten residents are 65 or older and many people live alone. Children are few. What holds the quiet & nature pillar up is water: a substantial share of the surface, against almost none nationally.

no. 11,747 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 7 of 9 in Zeewolde

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Is Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most 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

51.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

9.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.3 per 1,000

Property crime

19.1 per 1,000

Vandalism

8.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 157 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.3 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

15.5 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

0.6 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.5 km

Motorway ramp

2.3 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

€ 352,000

Welfare recipients

22.5 per 1,000

High incomes

16%

Low incomes

42%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

48%

Social housing

39%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

35%

Built after 2000

34%

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

4,307 inw/km²

Noise level

47 dB

Green surroundings

23%

Trees nearby

Water share

25%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,187

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 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

17%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.1 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 41%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–157%
NL median 14%
15–258%
NL median 11%
25–4520%
NL median 22%
45–6524%
NL median 28%
65+41%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,307 — 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 Centrum a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Centrum comes out at 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: Centrum is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Centrum?

In Centrum the police recorded 157 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (52 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 Centrum calculated?

Centrum scores 3.3 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 Centrum 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.