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The districts of Nieuwkoop

Nieuwkoop has 29,530 residents (2026), spread across 13 districts and 37 neighbourhoods.

Top 28% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

Safe, but not spacious

Nieuwkoop comes out at 7.9 as a municipality — better than 72% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Safety lifts that grade with 7.7; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.6. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Korteraar (10.0), the lowest in Noorden Lintbebouwing (6.6). That is 3.4 points of difference inside one municipality.

Key figures for Nieuwkoop

residents
29,530
districts
13
neighbourhoods
37
km² of land
78.5

How Nieuwkoop scores

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The figures

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
Total crime
18.0 per 1,000
Violent crime
2.4 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.6 per 1,000
Property crime
5.3 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.7 per 1,000

In 2025, 658 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in NieuwkoopThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Nieuwkoop

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
0.9 km
GP practice
0.6 km
Train station
12.9 km
Restaurant
0.8 km
Hospital
8.6 km
Café
1.1 km
Library
5.4 km
Motorway ramp
0.7 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Nieuwkoop

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.
Property value
€ 492,114
Welfare recipients
9.7 per 1,000
High incomes
20%
Low incomes
38%
Vacancy
2%
Owner-occupied
73%
Social housing
20%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes
87%
Built after 2000
8%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Nieuwkoop

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
2,934 inw/km²
Noise level
53 dB
Green surroundings
60%
Trees nearby
4%
Water share
8%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²
532
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.1 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

The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Nieuwkoop

The figures

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
37%
Childcare
1.1 km
Secondary school
6.0 km
Residents under 15
15%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Nieuwkoop

Who lives here

The age profile of Nieuwkoop looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1515%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4523%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6528%

    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

    2.4around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    29%around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    37%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    2,916more 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Nieuwkoop, weighted by population.

Other rankings

All districts of Nieuwkoop

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Kern Korteraar10.0
  2. 2Kern Noordse Dorp9.9
  3. 3Kern Vrouwenakker8.8
  4. 4Kern Papenveer8.7
  5. 5Kern Woerdense Verlaat8.7
  6. 6Kern Nieuwveen8.6
  7. 7Kern Zevenhoven8.6
  8. 8Kern Ter Aar8.1
  9. 9Kern Noorden7.6
  10. 10Kern Langeraar7.5
  11. 11Kern Nieuwkoop7.2
  12. 12Kern Noordeinde7.2
  13. 13Kern De Meije3.8