neighbourhood in Zuidplas
Zuidplas Mossen
2,205 residents · postal code 2914 · Part of Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel wijk 04, Zuidplas
Safe, but not spacious
Four of the five pillars in Zuidplas Mossen sit above eight, and one lags far behind: quiet & nature gets no further than 3.8. The noise level is almost seven decibels above the Dutch middle and surface water is absent. That is the only real weakness, and the overall score of 9.9 shows how little it detracts from the rest.
The safety pillar here is unusually clean. All four categories of reported offence — violence, burglary, theft and vandalism — stay below the national median, violence at a fraction of it.
What the reader cannot take from the table: the families score of 9.7 does not rest on a young population. The share of children is at the national level and almost a quarter of residents are 65 or over. What carries the score is the proximity of school and childcare, together nearly two thirds of that pillar.
- no. 152 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 1 of 47 in Zuidplas
How Zuidplas Mossen scores
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Is Zuidplas Mossen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuidplas Mossen comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuidplas Mossen 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, 31 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 Zuidplas Mossen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
22% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,859 — 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 Zuidplas Mossen a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Zuidplas Mossen comes out at 14 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Zuidplas Mossen 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 Zuidplas Mossen?
In Zuidplas Mossen the police recorded 31 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (14 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 Zuidplas Mossen calculated?
Zuidplas Mossen scores 9.9 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 Zuidplas Mossen 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.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zuidplas
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zuidplas.
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