The districts of Tiel
Tiel has 42,585 residents (2026), spread across 4 districts and 30 neighbourhoods.
Everything close by, little space
Tiel averages 5.7, which puts the municipality above 42% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 7.0; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.0. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Passewaaij-Noord-Oost (8.8), the lowest in Wadenoijenlaan e.o. (2.8). That is 6.0 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Tiel
- residents
- 42,585
- districts
- 4
- neighbourhoods
- 30
- km² of land
- 32.8
How Tiel 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.
In 2025, 1,894 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Tiel →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Tiel →
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 Tiel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,519 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Tiel, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Tiel →Passewaaij-Noord-Oost
Tiel
Passewaaij e.o.
Tiel
Latenstein
Tiel
Kapel-Avezaath
Tiel
Passewaaij-Noord-West
Tiel
Passewaaij-Zuid-Oost
Tiel
Weakest neighbourhoods
The worst and the safest districts of Tiel
The worst districts of Tiel are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Tiel: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Tiel: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Tiel →
Other rankings
The 4 districts of Tiel with a grade
Sorted by total grade