neighbourhood in Zwartewaterland

Binnenlanden-West

1,995 residents · postal code 8281 · Part of Genemuiden, Zwartewaterland

Bottom 37% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, thinner wallets

A 9.6 for families next to a 3.0 for wealth & income: those two figures describe the same neighbourhood. The primary school is three hundred metres away and one in five residents is under fifteen, which lifts the families pillar sharply. At the same time not a single wealth component points the other way — property value, both income groups, social assistance and vacancy all sit unfavourably against the national middle.

The 3.3 for quiet & nature does not come from crime, because crime is not part of this pillar. Greenery in the immediate surroundings stays far below the median, there is no open water and the built-up area is dense. That is the profile of a compact residential core without a green edge.

In the crime figures Binnenlanden-West is out of step on one point: the total is below the national middle, but burglary works out at more than three times the median. The lock deserves more attention here than the general figure suggests.

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no. 19 of 32 in Zwartewaterland

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Is Binnenlanden-West a safe neighbourhood?

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

14.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.9 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.9 per 1,000

Property crime

3.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 27 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

0.8 km

GP practice

0.6 km

Train station

12.2 km

Restaurant

0.8 km

Hospital

13.8 km

Café

0.9 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.3 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

€ 257,000

Welfare recipients

15.0 per 1,000

High incomes

10%

Low incomes

51%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

53%

Social housing

41%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

81%

Built after 2000

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

4,694 inw/km²

Noise level

49 dB

Green surroundings

32%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

967

Fine particles (PM2.5)

7.2 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

0.3 km

Households with children

38%

Childcare

0.3 km

Secondary school

4.0 km

Residents under 15

20%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

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

Age profile

0–1520%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+25%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,694 — 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 Binnenlanden-West a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Binnenlanden-West?

In Binnenlanden-West the police recorded 27 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 Binnenlanden-West calculated?

Binnenlanden-West scores 5.3 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 Binnenlanden-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.