neighbourhood in Zuidplas
Dorrestein-Zuid
2,600 residents · postal code 2912 · Part of Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel wijk 04, Zuidplas
Everything close by, little space
Dorrestein-Zuid has everything within seven hundred metres, the railway station included — a 9.6 for amenities and a 9.6 for families, both carried by the same short distances. That kind of transport-hub position is exactly what you want if you commute daily.
The bill lands in the other two pillars. The 3.4 for safety comes from three directions at once: violence, burglary and property crime all sit above the national median, with burglary at nearly three times it. And the 3.1 for quiet & nature follows from density, noise above the median and the complete absence of open water. A station around the corner is never free; here the price shows up in two figures at once.
- no. 5,788 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 28 of 47 in Zuidplas
How Dorrestein-Zuid scores
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Is Dorrestein-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dorrestein-Zuid comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more 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.
In 2025, 113 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 Dorrestein-Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,136 — 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 Dorrestein-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Dorrestein-Zuid comes out at 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. 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 Dorrestein-Zuid?
In Dorrestein-Zuid the police recorded 113 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (34 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 Dorrestein-Zuid calculated?
Dorrestein-Zuid scores 6.7 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 Dorrestein-Zuid 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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